A people of notorious cruelty (2 Macc. 4: 47) who threatened in turn both the Assyrian and Persian empires, identified with the Ashkenaz (Jer. 51: 27).
Citation for Scythian
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"Scythian." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 19, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1702>.
Chicago
"Scythian." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1702 (accessed May 19, 2013).