CHARAATHALAN (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] Charaathalar), 1Es_5:36.A name given to a leader of certain families who returned under Zerubbabel. But Charaathalan leading them and Allar is due to some perversion of the original, which has Cherub, Addan, Immer, three names of places in Babylonia, from which the return was made (Ezr_2:59; cf. Neh_7:61).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
kar-a-ath?a-lan (Χαρααθαλάν, Charaathalán; the King James Version Charaathalar (1 Esdras 5:36)): Most probably a corruption of the text. The names ?Cherub, Addan, and Immer? in the lists of Ezr_2:59 and Neh_7:61 are presented in the text cited as ?Charaathalan leading them, and Allar.?
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.