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# Hittite
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## Definition
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The Hittites were descendants of Ham through his son Canaan. They became a large empire located in what is now present-day Turkey and northern Palestine.
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* The Hittites were often a threat to the Israelites, both physically and spiritually.
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* Abraham bought a piece of property from Ephron the Hittite so that he could bury his deceased wife Sarah in a cave there. Eventually Abraham and several of his descendants were also buried in that cave.
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* Esau's parents were grieved when he married two Hittite women.
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* One of David's mighty men of valor was named Uriah the Hittite.
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* Some of the foreign women in Solomon's harem were Hittites. These women turned Solomon's heart away from God because of the false gods they worshiped. |