Apharsathchites, Apharsites, Apharsacites
Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)
the names of certain tribes, colonies from which had been planted in Samaria by the Assyrian leader Asnapper. (Ezra 4:9; 5:6) The first and last are regarded as the same. Whence these tribes came is entirely a matter of conjecture.
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