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
References
- Ezra 4:9, New International Version
- Ezra 4:9, New Living Translation. English Standard Version and New American Standard Version read "men of Erech."
- Ezra 4:9, New English Translation
- 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
- 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.