Archevite

Archevite (Aramaic ארכוי‎) in the Old Testament was one of the nations planted by the Assyrians in Samaria (Ezra 4:9). The Aramaic expression is also sometimes translated as people . . . from Uruk,^[1] people of Erech,^[2] Erechites,^[3] and so on.

Sir Isaac Newton wrote in The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms that he believed Archevite was located in "the south and south-east side of Assyrian Empire" and were "transplanted by Esarhaddon to Samaria".^[4]

Jonathan Edwards thought that the Archevites referred to the men of Erech, which is thought to be modern day Uruk, removed from there and brought to Samaria.^[5]

References

1. Ezra 4:9, New International Version
2. Ezra 4:9, New Living Translation. English Standard Version and New American Standard Version read "men of Erech."
3. Ezra 4:9, New English Translation
4. Newton, Sir Isaac; Pierce, Larry; Pierce, Marion (2009) [1728], Newton's Revised History of Ancient Kingdoms: A Complete Chronology, New Leaf Publishing Group, p. 155, ISBN 978-0-89051-556-3
5. Edwards, Jonathan; Rogers, Henry; Dwight, Sereno Edwards (February 20, 2009) [1839], Edward Hickman (ed.), The works of Jonathan Edwards, A.M.: With an Essay on His Genius and Writings, Volume 2, W. Ball, p. 705

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Archevite". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.