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Carmi

Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

(vine dresser).

• The fourth son of Reuben, the progenitor of the family of the Carmites. (Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:6; 1 Chronicles 5:3)

• A man of the tribe of Judah, father of Achan, the “troubler of Israel.” (Joshua 7:1,18; 1 Chronicles 2:7; 4:1)

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Vine-dresser. (1.) The last named of the four sons of Reuben (Gen. 46:9).

(2.) A descendant of Judah (1 Chr. 4:1). He is elsewhere (2:18) called Caleb (q.v.).

(3.) The son of Zimri, and the father of Achan (Josh. 7:1), “the troubler of Israel.”

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