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Ater (Hastings' Dictionary)

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

(TOK ' binder ' ?) The ancestor of certain temple porters who returned with Zerubbabel, Ezr 2"-«, Neh 7"-". 2. (A 'Ar-fip, B 'A^p, AV Aterezias, reading 'Ar^p 'Efe/tiou as one word) 1 Es 5" ; cf. Ezr 2". His sons returned with Zerubbabel. The title '(son of) Ilezekiah' was probably given to distinguish him from Ater (1). H. St. J. Thackeray.

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