Dehaites (Hastings' Dictionary)
The Dehaites were among the peoples settled in Samaria by Osnappar, i.e. probably tlie AssjT. king Assurbanipal. They joined with their fellow-colonists in sending the letter written by Kehum and Shimshai to king Artaxerxes, to com- plain of the attempt made bv the Jews to rebuild the walls of Jeru.salem (probabW about 447 B.C.) The name has been connected with that of a nomadic Persian tribe, the Adoi, mentioned in Herod, i.
125 (Rawlinson), or with the name of the city Du'-fla, mentioned on Assyrian contract- tablets (Fried. Uelitzsch) ; but according to S'jhrader these identifications are very doubtful. The LXX reads t^auatm (A), but in B the text runs Zouo'ui'axo'oi ot elalv 'HXa^iaioi (for ' the Shushan- chites, the Dehaites, the Elamites ' ; cf . Meyer, Judenthum, 36). H. A. White.
This topic also has an entry in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Both articles offer independent scholarly perspectives.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Dehaites
Dehaites de-ha'-tez (dehawe'; the King James Version Dehavites): A people enumerated in Ezr 4:9 with Elamites, ere, as among those settled by the Assyrian king Osnappar (Assurbanipal) in Samaria. The identification is uncertain. ⇒See a list of verses on DEHAVITES in the Bible. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.
References
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