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AARONITES

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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
James Orr, M.A., D.D., General Editor - 1915

AARONITES: ar'-on-its (le-'aharon, literally, "belonging to Aaron"): A word used in the King James Version, but not in the revised versions, to translate the proper name Aaron in two instances where it. denotes a family and not merely a person (1Ch 12:27; 27:17). It is equivalent to the phrases "sons of Aaron," "house of Aaron," frequently used in the Old Testament. According to the books of Jos and Chronicles the "sons of Aaron," were distinguished from the other Levites from the time of Joshua (e.g. Jos 21:4,10,13; 1Ch 6:54).

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
New York, American Tract society [c1859], Rand, W. W. (William Wilberforce), 1816-1909, ed.

AARONITES: Descendants of Aaron the high priest, so called 1Ch 12:27; 27:17. Thirteen cities were assigned to them, in Judah and Benjamin, Jos 21:13-19; 1Ch 6:57-60.

Easton Bible Dictionary
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., published by Thomas Nelson, 1897.

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 Chr. 12:27). Eleazar (Num. 3:32), and at a later period Zadok (1 Chr. 27:17), was their chief.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1896)

AARONITES: (1ch 12:27) priests of the family of Aaron.

AARONITES:
Levites of the family of Aaron ; the priests who particularly served the sanctuary (Num. 4:5, sq.).

To the number of 3,700 fighting men, with Jehoiada, the father of Benaiah, at their head, they joined David at Hebron (I Chron. 12:27). Later on in their history we find their chief was Zadok (I Chron. 27:17).

(See AARON; PRIEST; LEVITES).