Korahites
The Korahites (Hebrew: קרחי Qārəḥî also בני קרח bənê Qōraḥ, "sons of Korah") in the Bible were that portion of the Kohathites that descended from the Sons of Korah. They were an important branch of the singers of the Kohathite division (2 Chronicles 20:19).
Background
The Sons of Korah were the sons of
Some of the Korahites were also "porters" of the temple (1 Chronicles 9:17–19); one of them was over "things that were made in the pans" (v31), i.e. the baking in pans for the meat-offering (Leviticus 2:5). According to the genealogies in
Findings
Excavations by Yohanan Aharoni at Tel Arad from 1962 to 1967 uncovered an 8th-century B.C. ostracon bearing an inscription that listed several family names, among which were “the sons of Korah.”[3][4]
The psalms-based band Sons of Korah take their name from the Sons of Korah in the Bible.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Psalms". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.
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