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TIRATHITES. The Word is not found in the Vulgate, but only in the Hebrew of the Second Chapter of the Chronicles.1 The Tirathites, in Chaldee signifies Porters. They descended from Hemath, Head of the Family of the Rechabites.
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1 Chron. ii. 55 הרעתיםTirathim. Vulg. Canentes. ↩
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