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This list contains tribes or other groups of people named in the Bible of minor notability, about whom either nothing or very little is known, aside from any family connections.
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Apharsachites
A company of the colonists whom the Assyrian king planted in Samaria (Ezra 5:6-7).
Apharsites
Another of the tribes removed to Samaria, or perhaps the same as Apharsachites (Ezra 4:9)
Arkites
Arkites, also Archites were the descendants of Canaan according to Genesis 10:17 and 1 Chronicles 1:15 and were inhabitants of the land of Canaan according to Joshua 16:2. David's friend Hushai was an Archite (2 Samuel 15:32).
Arvadites
Arvadites were the descendants of Canaan according to Genesis 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 1:16.
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Casluhites
A small tribe that resided near the modern Gaza Strip.
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Girgashites
Girgashites, or Girgasites, were the descendants of Canaan according to Genesis 10:16 and 1 Chronicles 1:14 and were inhabitants of the land of Canaan according to Genesis 15:21, Deuteronomy 7:1, Joshua 3:10, 24:11, and Nehemiah 9:8. At times they are not listed along with the other Canaanite tribes inhabiting the Holy Land; according to some, such as Rashi, this is because they left the Land of Israel before the Israelites returned from Egypt.
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Hamathites
Hamathites were the descendants of Canaan according to Genesis 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 1:16.
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Zemarites
Zemarites were the descendants of Canaan according to Genesis 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 1:16.
See also
- List of Biblical figures
- List of Biblical names
- List of minor Biblical figures
- Avvites (of Philistia)
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.
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