Topic
Arah
4 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Chronicles 7:39Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Ulla
And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
- Ezra 2:5Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. An Israelite, whose descendants returned from Babylon
The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.
- Nehemiah 6:18Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. An Israelite, whose descendants returned from Babylon — Probably identcal with ARAH in
For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
- Nehemiah 7:10Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. An Israelite, whose descendants returned from Babylon
The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
- An Asherite, of the sons of Ulla. (1 Chronicles 7:39)
- The sons of Arah returned with Zerubbabel in number 775 according to (Ezra 2:5) but 652 according to (Nehemiah 7:10) (B.C. 536.) One of his descendants, Shechaniah, was the father-in-law of Tobiah the Ammonite. (Nehemiah 6:18)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
a'-ra ('arach, "traveler"?):
(1) The son of Ulla, an Asherite (1Ch 7:39).
(2) The head of a family that returned from the exile with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:5; Ne 7:10). He is sometimes identified with Arah of Ne 6:18 whose grand-daughter became the wife of Tobiah, the Ammonite who tried to thwart Nehemiah in rebuilding Jerusalem.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.