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and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
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Real Places, Real People
Commentators explain that the names in this verse are not mythical but refer to real peoples and places. Scholars connect the Arvadite, Zemarite, and Hamathite to specific locations in ancient Phoenicia and Syria (Arvad, Simyra, Hamath) that are also mentioned in non-biblical historical records, such as Assyrian inscriptions.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Zemarite — See the note on Genesis 10:18. The inscriptions of the Assyrian monarch Sargon (c. 720 B.C.) mention Zimira, which is associa…
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Anglican
THE SONS OF HAM, THE DARK-SKINNED OR SWARTHY (1 Chronicles 1:8–16).
Cush.—The Greek Meroë, Ass…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 1:5).
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