Asaph (biblical figure) explained

Asaph (;^[1] he|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 (Kings 18:18-37)
• Asaph, son of Berachiah the Gershonite (Chronicles 20:14). Together with Heman, the grandson of the Israelite prophet Samuel (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 (Chronicles 15:16-17). He authored Psalm 50, and Psalms 73 to 83.
• Asaph, a Levite descendant of Kohath (Chronicles 26:1)
• Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest under the Persian king Artaxerxes I Longimanus (Nehemiah 2:8)

See also

• Psalms of Asaph
• Psalms

Notes and References

1. Web site: BibleSpeak . biblespeak.org . 2016-06-20 . How to Pronounce / Say Asaph by Bible Speak Pronunciation . 2024-06-15 . Bible Speak . en-US.
2. A concise English-Hebrew Dictionary by H. Danby and M. H. Segal, Dvir Publishing, Tel Aviv, 1962