Bible Dictionary
Hara
A place named with Halah, Habor, and Gozan as a destination of Israelite exiles. Its identification is uncertain, and the text may preserve a reference to the mountains or cities of Media.
Definition
Hara was a place named with Halah, Habor, and the river of Gozan as a destination of Israelite exiles. Its identification is uncertain, and the text may preserve a reference to the mountains or cities of Media.
Biblical Usage
Hara is mentioned in connection with the deportation of Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh by Tiglath-pileser.
Historical Background
The supplied material notes that Hara is omitted in the corresponding Kings passages, where “the cities of the Medes” is added. The textual form may be corrupt, and Hara may represent “mountains of Media,” “cities of Media,” or Haran.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Mountainous land, a province of Assyria (1 Chr. 5:26), between the Tigris and the Euphrates, along the banks of the Khabur, to which some of the Israelite captives were carried. It has not been identified. Some think the word a variation of Haran.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(mountain land), (1 Chronicles 5:26) only, is either a place utterly unknown or it must be regarded as identical with Haran or Charran.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>ha'-ra (hara'; Septuagint omits): A place named in 1Ch 5:26 along with Halah, Habor and the river of Gozan, whither the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh were carried by Tiglath-pileser. In 2Ki 17:6; 18:11, Hara is omitted, and in both, "and in the cities of the Medes" is added. Septuagint renders ore Medon, "the mountains of the Medes," which may represent Hebrew hare madhay, "mountains of Media," or, `are madhay, "cities of Media." The text seems to be corrupt. The second word may have fallen out in 1Ch 5:26, hare being changed to hara'.</p><p>W. Ewing</p>