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Apharsachites

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain

See next article. APHARSATHCHITES (K:?ncn5N Ezr 4», probably the same as llie Apharsachites,* K;:pn5x Ezr 5" 6'^). — A colony of the Assyrians in Samaria ; an eastern people subject to the Assyrians. Ewald {H.I iv. 1878, p. 216) identifies them with the nopip-aKTjxoi (Herod. L 101), a tribe of the Medes, dwelling on the borderland between Media and Persia. J. Macpherson.

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  5. Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
  6. Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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