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Asaiah

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(whom the Lord made). (1) Prince of a Simeonite family (1 Chron. 4:36³⁶And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, (1 Chronicles 4:36)). (2) A Levite chief (1 Chron. 6:30; 15:6-11³⁰Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. (1 Chronicles 6:30)
⁶Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty: ⁷Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty: ⁸Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred: ⁹Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: ¹⁰Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve. ¹¹And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, (1 Chronicles 15:6‑11)). (3) A Shilonite (1 Chron. 9:5⁵And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons. (1 Chronicles 9:5)). Maaseiah (Neh. 11:5⁵And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. (Nehemiah 11:5)). (4) Asaiah (Chron. 34:20).

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