Ar'chite (Heb., with the art., ha-Arki', הָאִרכִּי, as if from a place named Erech, אֶרֶך; Sept. οΑ῾᾿ραχί, Vulg. Arachites), the usual designation of David's friend Hushai (2Sa 15:32; 2Sa 17:5,14; 1Ch 27:33). The word also appears (somewhat disguised, it is true, in the Auth. Vers.) in Jos 16:2, where "the borders of Archi" (i.e. "the Archite") are named as on the boundary of the "children of Joseph," somewhere in the neighborhood of Bethel. No town of the name of Erech appears in Palestine: it is possible that, as in the case of the Gerizi, the Zemarites, and the Jebusites, we have here the last faint trace of one of the original tribes of the country. SEE ARCHI.
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More