Asaph:
(collector of the people).
(1.) A Levite, son of Berechiah, one of the leaders of David's choir (1 Chronicles 6:39). Psalm 50 and 73 through 83 are attributed to him; and he was in after times celebrated as a seer as well as a musical composer (2 Chronicles 29:30; Nehemiah 12:46). (B.C. 1050)
(2.) The father or ancestor of Joah, the chronicler to the kingdom of Judah in the reign of Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:18; 18:37; Isaiah 36:3; 36:22) probably the same as the preceding. See No. 1.
(3.) The keeper of the royal forest or "paradise" of Artaxerxes (Nehemiah 2:8) a Jew, in high office at the court of Persia. (B.C. 536)
(4.) Ancestor of Mattaniah, the conductor of the temple‐choir after the return from Babylon (1 Chronicles 9:16; Nehemiah 11:17). Most probably the same as No. 1 and No. 2.
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