Archevite (Aramaic ארכוי) in the Old Testament was one of the nations planted by the Assyrians in Samaria ( Ezra 4:9). The Aramaic expression is also sometimes translated as people . . . from Uruk, [1] people of Erech, [2] Erechites, [3] and so on.
Sir Isaac Newton wrote in The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms that he believed Archevite was located in "the south and south-east side of Assyrian Empire" and were "transplanted by Esarhaddon to Samaria". [4]
Jonathan Edwards thought that the Archevites referred to the men of Erech, which is thought to be modern day Uruk, removed from there and brought to Samaria. [5]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). " Archevite". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.