Abiezrite

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According to the Hebrew Bible, the Abiezrites were one of the ten clans identified as belonging to the tribe of Manasseh. [1] The Abiezrites traced their lineage through Abiezer, the son of Gilead. Joash and Gideon were members of this clan: Gideon describes the Abiezrites, as "the weakest in [the tribe of] Manasseh". [2] The Samaria Ostraca, written between 850-750 BCE, records two villages associated with the Abiezrites. Scholars have identified that the clan lived in the area south and southwest of Shechem. [3]

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References

  1. Joshua 17:2.
  2. Judges 6:15
  3. Finkelstein, Israel; Lipschits, Oded (2017-03-20). "Geographical and Historical Observations on the old North Israelite Gideon tale in Judges". Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft. 129 (1): 13–14. doi: 10.1515/zaw-2017-0005 . ISSN   1613-0103.