Aaronites

The descendants of Aaron, and therefore priests. Jehoiada, the father of Benaiah, led 3,700 Aaronites as "fighting men" to the support of David at Hebron.1 Eleazar,2 and at a later period Zadok,3 was their chief.

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References

Notes

  1. 1 Chr. 12:27.
  2. Num. 3:32.
  3. 1 Chr. 27:17.

Source

  • Easton, M.G. (1897). Easton's Bible Dictionary. New York: Harper & Brothers.

This article incorporates text from Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) by M.G. Easton, which is in the public domain.