Dict: smith - HAGARENES, HAGARITES

smith:

HAGARENES, HAGARITES - H>@ - (named after Hagar), a people dwelling to the east of Palestine, with whom the tribes of Reuben made war in the time of Saul. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:10 kjv@1Chronicles:5:18-20) The same people, as confederate against Israel, are mentioned in kjv@Psalms:83:6) It is generally believed that they were named after Hagar, and that the important town and district of Hejer , on the borders of the Persian Gulf, represent them.