Asaph (English: /ˈeɪ.sæf/ Ay-saf[1]; Hebrew: אָסָף ’Āsāp̄, "Gather"[2]) is the name of three men from the Hebrew bible. The articles related to the son of Berachiah and descendant of Kohath refer to the same person.
- Asaph, the father of Joah (2 Kings 18:18–37)
- Asaph, son of Berachiah the Gershonite (2 Chronicles 20:14)
Together with Heman, the grandson of the Israelite prophet Samuel (1 Chronicles 6:24, or 1 Chronicles 6:39 in non-Hebrew translations), he and his male descendants were set aside by King David to worship God in song and music (1 Chronicles 15:16–17). He authored Psalm 50, and Psalms 73 to 83.
- Asaph, a Levite descendant of Kohath (1 Chronicles 26:1)
- Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest under the Persian king Artaxerxes I Longimanus (Nehemiah 2:8)
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edit- ^ BibleSpeak; biblespeak.org (2016-06-20). "How to Pronounce / Say Asaph by Bible Speak Pronunciation". Bible Speak. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- '^ A concise English-Hebrew Dictionary by H. Danby and M. H. Segal, Dvir Publishing, Tel Aviv, 1962
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