List of minor Biblical tribes

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Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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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.

[edit] A

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[edit] Apharsachites

A company of the colonists whom the Assyrian king planted in Samaria (Ezra 5:6-7).

[edit] Apharsites

Another of the tribes removed to Samaria, or perhaps the same as Apharsachites (Ezra 4:9)

[edit] 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).

[edit] Arvadites

Arvadites were the descendants of Canaan according to Genesis 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 1:16.

[edit] G

[edit] Girgashites

Girgashites 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.

[edit] H

[edit] Hamathites

Hamathites were the descendants of Canaan according to Genesis 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 1:16.

[edit] Z

[edit] Zemarites

Zemarites were the descendants of Canaan according to Genesis 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 1:16.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.