McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Susanchite

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Susanchite


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(Chald. only in the emphat. plur., Susankaye, ùׁåּùׁðְëָéֵà ; Sept. Óïõóáíá÷áῖïé ; Vulg. Susanechcei) is found once only (in Ezr_4:9, where it occurs among the list of the nations whom the Assyrians had settled in Samaria, and whose descendants still occupied the country in the reign of the Pseudo-Smerdis). There can be no doubt that it designates the Susians, either the inhabitants of the city.