Assamias (ISBE)

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a -sa -mı̄´as (Codex Vaticanus, Ἀσσαμίας , Assamı́as ; Codex Alexandrinus, Ἀσαμίας , Asamı́as ; the King James Version Assanias; compare Hashabiah (Ezra 8:24 )): Assamias (chief priest) returned with Ezra to Jerusalem. He was one of twelve who had charge of the silver, gold and the temple-vessels (1 Esdras 8:54).