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ash´ur-ı̄ts (×”×ש×וּרי, haÌ„-'ăshuÌ„rı̄): According to the Massoretic Text of , a tribe included in the short-lived kingdom of Ish-bosheth, Saul's son. A slight textual correction gives “Asherites,†that is, the tribe of Asher; with this the Targum of Jonathan agrees. The tribe of Asher lay where it would naturally fall to Ish-bosheth's kingdom. The reading “Geshurites†(Vulgate and Syriac) is excluded by the known independence Of Geshur at this time (; ). For similar reasons we cannot think of Assyria (Hebrew Asshur) nor of the Arabic Asshurim of .