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Harim
        (flat-nosed).
        1. A priest who had charge of the third division in the house of God. 1Ch 24:8 (B.C. 1014.)
        2. Bene-Harim, probably descendants of the above, to the number of 1017, came from Babylon with Zerubbabel. Ezr 2:39; Ne 7:42 (B.C. 536.)
        3. It further occurs in a list of the families of priests "who went up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua," and of those who were their descendants in the next generation. Ne 12:16
        4. Another family of Bene-Harim, 320 in number, came from the captivity in the same caravan. Ezr 2:82; Ne 7:35 (B.C. 536.) They also appear among those who had married foreign wives, Ezr 10:31 as well as those who sealed the covenant- Ne 10:27 (B.C. 410.)


Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'harim' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Smith's; 1901.

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