Archevite

Archevite in the Old Testament was one of the nations planted by the Assyrians in Samaria (Ezra 4:9).

Sir Isaac Newton wrote in The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms that he believed Archevite was located in "the south and south-east side of Assyrian Empire" and were "transplanted by Esarhaddon to Samaria".[1]

Jonathan Edwards thought that the Archevites referred to the men of Erech, which is thought to be modern day Uruk, removed from there and brought to Samaria.[2]

References

  1. ^ Newton, Sir Isaac; Pierce, Larry; Pierce, Marion (2009) [1728], Newton's Revised History of Ancient Kingdoms: A Complete Chronology, New Leaf Publishing Group, p. 155, ISBN 9780890515563, http://books.google.com/books?id=DdWIhzBknP4C&lpg=PA155&ots=Qn6Qy2_u2c&dq=Archevite%20also%20called&pg=PA155#v=onepage&q&f=false 
  2. ^ Edwards, Jonathan; Rogers, Henry; Dwight, Sereno Edwards (Digitized Feb 20, 2009) [1839], Edward Hickman, ed., The works of Jonathan Edwards, A.M.: With an essay on his genius and writings, Volume 2, W. Ball, p. 705, http://books.google.com/books?id=0bfRAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA705&ots=zvW6Ow4fJS&dq=Archevite%20also%20called&pg=PA705#v=onepage&q=Archevites&f=false 

This article incorporates text from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), a publication now in the public domain.