The descendants of Aaron, and therefore priests. Jehoiada, the father of Benaiah, led 3,700 Aaronites as 'fighting men' to the support of David at Hebron (1 Ch. 12:27). Eleazar (Nu 3:32), and at a later period Zadok (1 Ch. 27:17), was their chief.
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