Dehaites
Dehaites
DEHAITES (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] Dehavites, Ezr 4:9).The Dehaites were among the peoples settled in Samaria by Osnappar, i.e. probably the Assyr. [Note: Assyrian.] king Ashurbanipal. The name has been connected with that of a nomadic Persian tribe, the Daoi, mentioned in Herod. i. 125, or with the name of the city Du-a, mentioned on Assyr. [Note: Assyrian.] contract-tablets; but these identifications are very doubtful.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Dehaites
de-hatez (, dehawe); the King James Version Dehavites): A people enumerated in Ezr 4:9 with Elamites, ere, as among those settled by the Assyrian king Osnappar (Assurbanipal) in Samaria. The identification is uncertain.