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Asaph (biblical figure)

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Asaph (Hebrew: אסף‎‎) is the name of three men from the Old Testament or 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 Psalms 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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