ashurites Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
ashurites in Easton's Bible Dictionary
mentioned among those over whom Ish-bosheth was made king (2 Sam. 2:9).
ashurites in Smith's Bible Dictionary
Only in #2Sa 2:9| By some of the old interpreters the name is taken as meaning the Geshurites; but if we follow the Targum of Jonathan, "the Asherites" will denote the inhabitants of the whole of the country west of the Jordan above Jez-reel.
ashurites in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
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.