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Aaronites
The descendants of Aaron, and therefore priests. Jehoiada, the father of Benaiah, led 3,700 Aaronites as “fighting men” to the support of David at Hebron (1 Chr 12:27). Eleazar (Num 3:32), and at a later period Zadok (1 Chr 27:17), was their chief.
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- 1 Chronicles 12:27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
- 1 Chronicles 27:17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
