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The Chemarim
(those who go about in black, i.e. ascetics). In the Hebrew applied to the priests of the worship of false gods. (2 Kings 23:5; Hosea 10:5) in margin; (Zephaniah 1:4)
Scripture on The Chemarim
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Sources · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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