Ashurites
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Ashurites . One of the tribes over whom Ishbosheth ruled ( 2 Samuel 2:9 ). The name is clearly corrupt, for neither the Assyrians ( Asshur ) nor the Arabian tribe Asshurim ( Genesis 25:3 ) can be intended. The Pesh. and Vulg. [Note: Vulgate.] read ‘the Geshurites,’ whose territory bordered on that of Gilead ( Joshua 12:5; Joshua 13:11 ), and who might therefore be suitably included here. It has been urged, however, against this view, that Geshur was an independent kingdom at this time (cf. 2 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 13:37 ), so that Ishbosheth could not have exercised control over it. We should probably read hâ-Ashçri ‘the Asherites,’ i.e. the tribe of Asher (cf. Judges 1:32 ).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [2]
Ruled by Ishbosheth ( 2 Samuel 2:9). Arab., Syr., and Vulgate versions have it the Geshurites S.E. of Damascus. But these had Talmai as their king, whose daughter David married about this time ( 1 Chronicles 3:2; 1 Chronicles 3:4). The Targum of Jonathan reads Beth Asher, "the house of Asher," so also several Hebrew manuscripts The Asherites will then be the whole country W. of Jordan above Jezreel and the plain of Esdraelon. Thus the enumeration begins with the N. and ends with Benjamin on the S. Bachienne suggests the city "Asher" ( Joshua 17:7), S.E. of Jezreel.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [3]
Probably the same as the Asherites, of the tribe of Asher, who were among the subjects of Ishbosheth. 2 Samuel 2:9 . In 'the company of the Ashurites' in Ezekiel 27:6 , it is doubtful whether a proper name is intended, it is translated variously: see margin.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [4]
2 Samuel 2:9
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
ash´ur - ı̄ts ( האשׁוּרי , hā - 'ăshūrı̄ ): According to the Massoretic Text of 2 Samuel 2:9 , 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 ( 2 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 13:37 ). For similar reasons we cannot think of Assyria (Hebrew Asshur ) nor of the Arabic Asshurim of Genesis 25:3 .
