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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(gatherer). (1) Levitical leader of
David
’s choir (
1 Chron. 6:39
39
And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, (1 Chronicles 6:39)
;
2 Chron. 29:30
30
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped. (2 Chronicles 29:30)
;
Neh. 12:46
46
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. (Nehemiah 12:46)
).
Twelve
of the
Psalms
are attributed to him,
to wit
(Psa. 1 and Psa. 73-83. (2) Ancestor of
Joah
the chronicler (
2 Kings 18:18
18
And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. (2 Kings 18:18)
;
Isa. 36:3,22
3
Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. (Isaiah 36:3)
22
Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. (Isaiah 36:22)
). (3). Keeper of royal forests under
Artaxerxes
(
Neh. 2:8
8
And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. (Nehemiah 2:8)
). (4) Another conductor of
the Temple
choir (
1 Chron. 9:15
15
And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; (1 Chronicles 9:15)
;
Neh. 11:17
17
And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. (Nehemiah 11:17)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1. A leader of
the
choir in
David
’s
time
, and once called a “
seer
” (
2 Chron. 29:30
30
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped. (2 Chronicles 29:30)
). He was descended from
Gershom
the
Levite
(
1 Chron. 6:39
39
And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, (1 Chronicles 6:39)
;
1 Chron. 15:17,19
17
So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; (1 Chronicles 15:17)
19
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass; (1 Chronicles 15:19)
;
1 Chron. 16:5,7,37
5
Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; (1 Chronicles 16:5)
7
Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the Lord into the hand of Asaph and his brethren. (1 Chronicles 16:7)
37
So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required: (1 Chronicles 16:37)
).
Twelve
psalms
are attributed to
him
, namely, Psalm 50, Psalm 73-83. His
office
seems to
have
been hereditary (
Ezra 2:41
41
The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight. (Ezra 2:41)
;
Ezra 3:10
10
And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the ordinance of David king of Israel. (Ezra 3:10)
;
Neh. 7:44
44
The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight. (Nehemiah 7:44)
).
2.
Father
of
Joah
recorder
to
Hezekiah
(
2 Kings 18:18,37
18
And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. (2 Kings 18:18)
37
Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. (2 Kings 18:37)
;
Isa. 36:3,22
3
Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. (Isaiah 36:3)
22
Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. (Isaiah 36:22)
).
3. A Levite, whose descendants dwelt in
Jerusalem
after the exile (
1 Chron. 9:15
15
And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; (1 Chronicles 9:15)
).
4. A
Korhite
, whose
posterity
were porters in
the
tabernacle
in the time of David (
1 Chron. 26:1
1
Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. (1 Chronicles 26:1)
).
5. An
officer
, probably a
Jew
, controller of the forests of king
Artaxerxes
in
Judaea
(
Neh. 2:8
8
And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. (Nehemiah 2:8)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
623
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
’Acaph
Phonic:
aw-sawf’
Meaning:
from
622
; collector; Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first
KJV Usage:
Asaph
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
a gatherer
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
He hath taken away; one who completes; collector:―name of three Israelites, 2 Kings 18:18. {Abstulit}
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