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MARSHAL.—1. For AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘scribe’ RV [Note: Revised Version.] of Jdg_5:14 has ‘marshal.’ It was the duty of this officer to muster the men available for a campaign. In later times he kept a register of their names (2Ki_25:10, Jer_52:25, 2Ch_26:11, where the same Heb. word is used; see also 1Ma_5:42). The staff (not ‘pen’) in his hand was an emblem of authority (Jdg_5:14; cf. Num_21:18). 2. The Heb. tiphsar is identified with the Assyr. [Note: Assyrian.] dupsarru, ‘tahlet-writer,’ ‘scribe.’ In Jer_51:27 and Nah_3:17 it denotes a military officer of high rank (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘captain,’ RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘marshal.’ [The alteration was not imperatively necessary]).
J. Taylor.