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Asaph

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Asaph in the Bible Dictionary

  1. 1. Father of Joah 2 Kgs 18:18; Isa 36:3, 22
  2. 2. Son of Berachiah. One of the three leaders of music in David’s organization of the tabernacle service 1 Chr 15:16–19; 16:5–7; 25:1–9; 2 Chr 5:12; 35:15; Neh 12:46
  3. Apointed to sound the cymbals in the temple choir 1 Chr 15:17, 19; 16:5, 7
  4. A composer of sacred lyrics 2 Chr 29:13–30
  5. See titles of Ps 50; 73; 74; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 80; 81; 82; 83
  6. Descendants of, in the temple choir 1 Chr 25:1–9; 2 Chr 20:14; 29:13; Ezra 2:41; 3:10; Neh 7:44; 11:22
  7. 3. A Levite, whose descendants lived in Jerusalem after the exile 1 Chr 9:15
  8. 4. A Kohath Levite 1 Chr 26:1
  9. 5. Keeper of forests Neh 2:8

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.