a-ses ́ẽr: Lit. one who sits by another, an assistant; among the ancients especially an assistant to the king (compare “The assessor of his throne,” Dryden, Milton’s P.L., Book vi), or to the judge (see Dryden, Virgil’s Aeneid, vi.583). Later it came to mean one who assesses people or property for purposes of taxation.
(1) Royal officials in Israel have the general title sārīm, “princes,” and this general title included the officer who was “over the tribute,” who seems to have had charge of the assessment, as well as the collection of taxes. In the days of the later monarchy “the governor of the royal household,” “the royal steward and high chamberlain,” seems to have held some such important position (Isaiah 22:15; 36:3, 22).
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Author: International Std. Bible Encyclopedia
Keywords: Assessor, Publican, Tax collector
Bible reference(s): Isa 22:15, Isa 36:3, Isa 36:22, Isa 5:8
Source: James Orr (editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 5 volume set.
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