Bible dictionaries
Assir
What Bible dictionaries say about “Assir”, one article after the other.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
as'-er (accir, "captive"):
(1) A Levite of the family of Korah (Ex 6:24; 1Ch 6:22).
(2) A son of Ebiasaph and grandson of Assir. Samuel was descended from him (1Ch 6:23).
(3) A son of Jeconiah, king of Judah, according to the King James Version and the Revised Version, margin and the American Revised Version, margin. It is a question whether the Assir of this passage (1Ch 3:17) is not a common adjective modifying Jeconiah. The the American Standard Revised Version and the Revised Version (British and American) render it "the captive." It is to be noticed, however, that there is no definite article in the Hebrew.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915Smith’s Bible Dictionary
- Son of Korah. (Exodus 6:24; 1 Chronicles 6:22)
- Son of Ebiasaph, and a forefather of Samuel (1 Chronicles 6:23,37)
- Son of Jeconiah, (1 Chronicles 3:17) unless "Jeconiah the captive" be the true rendering.
William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3
The article in Smith