Haran

About Haran Written by AI

Haran is briefly mentioned in 1 Chronicles 23:9 as one of the Levites belonging to the clan of Shimei during the reign of King David. The Levites were the tribe responsible for assisting the priests in the temple service and maintaining the temple. In the context of 1Chronicles 23, David is organizing the Levites and assigning them their duties in preparation for the construction of the temple, which would be carried out by his son Solomon. Haran is listed along with his brothers Shelomoth and Haziel as members of the Shimei clan. No further information is provided about Haran's specific role or responsibilities within the Levitical system. The mention of Haran in this genealogical record highlights the importance of the Levites in the religious life of ancient Israel and their organization during the time of King David.

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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

This entry is on the name Haran, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.

(1.) Heb. haran; i.e., “mountaineer.” The eldest son of Terah, brother of Abraham and Nahor, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. He died before his father (Gen. 11:27), in Ur of the Chaldees.

(2.) Heb. haran, i.e., “parched;” or probably from the Accadian charana, meaning “a road.” A celebrated city of Western Asia, now Harran, where Abram remained, after he left Ur of the Chaldees, till his father Terah died (Gen. 11:31, 32), when he continued his journey into the land of Canaan. It is called “Charran” in the LXX. and in Acts 7:2. It is called the “city of Nahor” (Gen. 24:10), and Jacob resided here with Laban (30:43). It stood on the river Belik, an affluent of the Euphrates, about 70 miles above where it joins that river in Upper Mesopotamia or Padan-aram, and about 600 miles northwest of Ur in a direct line. It was on the caravan route between the east and west. It is afterwards mentioned among the towns taken by the king of Assyria (2 Kings 19:12; Isa. 37:12). It was known to the Greeks and Romans under the name Carrhae.

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.