Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Aaronites

34789Easton's Bible Dictionary — AaronitesMatthew George Easton

Aaronites, the descendants of Aaron, and therefore priests. Jehoiada, the father of Benaiah, led 3,700 Aaronites as "fighting men" to the support of David at Hebron 1Ch 12:27 Eleazar Nu 3:32 and at a later period Zadok 1Ch 27:17 was their chief.