Asheritter
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Ashuritter — nævnt blandt dem, over hvem Ishbosheth blev gjort til konge [2Sam 2:9 ]. Deres område beregnes mellem Gilead og Jizre'el.
[hebr. Asshur], er den ældste hovedstad i det assyriske rige på den højre bred af Tigris [1Mos 2:14 ]. Efter denne by blev den navngivne stat og dens indbyggere kaldt, ifølge [1Mos 10:22 ] efterkommere af Sem [Ez 27:23 ]. De ældre assyriske herskere boede i Assur indtil Salmanassar I. [omkring 1280 f.Kr.], som gjorde Nineve til hovedstad. Det var ikke stort, men godt befæstet og beskyttet af sin naturlige beliggenhed. I den nordlige del af byen stod kongernes paladser og gudernes templer, blandt hvilke det mest betydningsfulde var Assur [Asshur]. Det var skik at begrave de døde derhjemme. I dag er der kun ruiner tilbage af denne by. *Assyrien.
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Asher
happy, Jacob's eigth son; his mother was Zilpah, Leah's handmaid (Gen 30:13). Of the tribe founded by him nothing is recorded beyond its holding a place in the list of the tribes (Gen 35:26; 46:17; Ex 1:4), etc. It increased in numbers twenty-nine percent, during the thirty-eight years' wanderings. The place of this tribe during the march through the desert was between Dan and Naphtali (Num 2:27). The boundaries of the inheritance given to it, which contained some of the richest soil in Palestine, and the names of its towns, are recorded in (Josh 19:24-31; Judg 1:31; 1:32). Asher and Simeon were the only tribes west of the Jordan which furnished no hero or judge for the nation. Anna the prophetess was of this tribe (Luke 2:36).
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary