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Meraioth (III)

III. MERAIOTH, or Merajoth, a Priest of the Race of Aaron. He was Son of Zerahiah, and Father of Amariah. He is put among the High-priests in 1 Chron. Ch. vi. ✓ 6.MERAN, or Merrha; Baruch iii. 23.

speaks of the Merchants of Meran, whom he joins with the Hagarenes, and with the Inhabitants of Theman, who valued themselves for their superior Understanding. All these People, without Doubt, were Arabians, but we cannot say exactly where Meran was. We know Marana upon the Red-Sea, Mariaba in Arabia Fælix, and Marace, a Place of Trade in the same Countrey.

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