| Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ARAH a'-ra ('arach, "traveler"?):
(1) The son of Ulla, an Asherite (1 Chronicles 7:39).
(2) The head of a family that returned from the exile with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:5 Nehemiah 7:10). He is sometimes identified with Arah of Nehemiah 6:18 whose grand-daughter became the wife of Tobiah, the Ammonite who tried to thwart Nehemiah in rebuilding Jerusalem. | Multi-Version Concordance Arah (3 Occurrences) Joshua 13:4 on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the border of the Amorites; (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 7:39 The sons of Ulla: Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Nehemiah 6:18 For there were many in Judah sworn to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as wife. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) |