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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

Ban

(A, Ban; B, Bainan; 1 Esdras 5:37 = Tobiah (Ezra 2:60; Nehemiah 7:62); some manuscripts of the Septuagint read Boua):

The descendants of Ban were not able to trace their ancestry to show "how they were of Israel."

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, general editor (Chicago: Howard-Severance, 1915). Public domain. Text as published by biblestudytools.com. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: links to 1, 2, and 3 John that our source pointed at the Gospel of John corrected; our source’s section marks set as headings.