Flat-nosed. (1.) The head of the second course of priests (1 Chr. 24:8). (2.) Ezra 2:32, 39; Neh. 7:35, 42. (3.) Neh. 3:11. (4.) 12:3. (5.) 10:5
Harim
Harim is a family name that turns up in lists, and lists are worth a glance. Ezra 2 counts “The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty”, and a few verses later “The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen”, so more than one Harim seems to be in view. Sons of Harim are named again in Ezra 10:31, in Nehemiah 10, and among the priestly houses of Nehemiah 12:15. Scripture says little else, but these names show households counted one by one, each with a place in the story. Ezra 2 is the place to start.
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Ezra
Ezra 2:32
The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
Ezra 2:39
The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
Ezra 10:31
And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
Nehemiah
Nehemiah 10:5
Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
Nehemiah 10:27
Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
Nehemiah 12:15
Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Matthew George Easton, 1897
From Smith's Bible Dictionary
William Smith, 1884
(flat-nosed).
(1.) A priest who had charge of the third division in the house of God. (1 Chronicles 24:8) (B.C. 1014.)
(2.) Bene-Harim, probably descendants of the above, to the number of 1017, came from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:39; Nehemiah 7:42) (B.C. 536.)
(3.) It further occurs in a list of the families of priests "who went up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua," and of those who were their descendants in the next generation. (Nehemiah 12:16)
(4.) Another family of Bene-Harim, 320 in number, came from the captivity in the same caravan. (Ezra 2:82; Nehemiah 7:35) (B.C. 536.) They also appear among those who had married foreign wives, (Ezra 10:31) as well as those who sealed the covenant- (Nehemiah 10:27) (B.C. 410.)