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 (1 Chr. 12:27). Eleazar (Num. 3:32), and at a later period Zadok (1 Chr. 27:17), was their chief.
BIBLE DICTIONARY
Aaronites
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording may reflect the scholarship and language of its era.