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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
Inhabitants of
Zorah
; but the designation seems to be limited to the family of
Judah
descended from
Shobal
(
1 Chron. 4:2
2
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. (1 Chronicles 4:2)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Family descended from
Shobal
,
son
of
Judah
: probably so called because of inhabiting
Zorah
(
1 Chron. 4:2
2
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. (1 Chronicles 4:2)
). Called
ZAREATHITES
in
1 Chronicles 2:53
53
And the families of Kirjath-jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites. (1 Chronicles 2:53)
.
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
same as Zareathites