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Assir

  1. Korah’s son and a descendant of Levi through Kohath (Exodus 6:24; 1 Chronicles 6:22).

  2. Ebiasaph’s son and a descendant of the previous Assir (1 Chronicles 6:23, 37).

  3. The son of Jeconiah (also called Jehoiachin), king of Judah (1 Chronicles 3:17). The Hebrew word assir might be an adjective describing Jeconiah. This would mean “while captive” (compare 2 Kings 24:15). If so, his children were born while he was a captive.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)The classic article on this subjectSmith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)The entry on this subject

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