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(Heb. always [except in 2Sa_23:11] with the art. ha-Harari, äִäֲøָøַé ), a distinctive epithet of three members of David's body-guard; probably as natives of the mountains ( äִø , plur. constr. çֲøָøֵé ) of Judah or Ephraim; but according to Furst from some town of the name of Har ( äִø ). SEE DAVID.
1. “SHAMMAH [q.v.], the son of Agee”(2Sa_23:11 [Sept. ïÁ῾᾿ ñáñß v.r. Á᾿ñïõ÷ῖïò ,Vulg. de Arari, A.V. “the Hararite”], 33 [ ïÁ῾᾿ñùñßôçò v.r. Á᾿ñùäßôçò , Arorites], which latter verse shows that it was a designation of the son and not of the father), a different person from “Shammoth the Harorite”[q.v. (1Ch_11:27), or “Shammah the Harodite”[q.v.] (2Sa_23:25). SEE AGEE.
2. “JONATHAN [q.v.], the son of Shage”(1Ch_11:34, Sept. ïÁ῾᾿ñáïß ,Vulg. Ararites), mentioned in the parallel passage (2Sa_23:32) without any such distinction. SEE SHAGE.
3. “AHIAM [q.v.], the son of Sacar”(1Ch_11:35, Sept. ïÁ῾᾿ñáñß v.r. Á᾿÷Üñ ,Vulg. Ararites), or, in the parallel passage (2Sa_23:33),less accurately, “Ahiam, [the] son of Sharar [q.v.] the Ararite'“(Heb. with the art. ha-Arari', äָàֲøָøַé , Sept. ïÁ῾᾿ñáäßôçò lT. r. Á᾿ñáú v, etc., Vulg. Arorites, A.V. “the Hararite”). SEE SACAR.