Asaph
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....
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Asaph.> Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, [unto thee] do we
give thanks: for [that] thy name is near thy wondrous works
declare....
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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....
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also refers to four men from the Old Testament:
Asaph, the father of Joah (2 Kings 18:18, 37)
Asaph, son of Berachiah the Gershonite (2 Chronicles 20:14)
Asaph, a Levite descendant of Kohath (1 Chr. 26:1)
Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest under the Persian king
Artaxerxes I Longimanus (Nehemiah 2:8)
(The Asaph mentioned in the Old Teastament ...
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a'-saf ('acaph): Is the name of three men in the Old
Testament, of whom one is the reputed author of Psalms 50 and
73 through 83. He was one of David's three chief musicians,
the other two being Heman, and Ethan or Jeduthun, and we first
hear of him when the ark was taken to Jerusalem (1 Ch 15:16-
19). He conducted with cymbals the music perfor...
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1. Father of Joah
2Ki 18:18; Isa 36:3,22
-2. Son of Berachiah. One of the three leaders of music in
David's organization of the tabernacle service
1Ch 15:16-19; 16:5-7; 25:1-9; 2Ch 5:12; 35:15; Ne
12:46
Apointed to sound the cymbals in the temple choir
1Ch 15:17,19; 16:5,7
A composer of sacred lyrics
2Ch 29:13-30
See titles of
Ps 50; 73;...
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(collector of the people).
1. A Levite, son of Berechiah, one of the leaders of
David's choir. 1Ch 6:39 Psalms 50 and 73-83 are attributed to
him; and he was in after times celebrated as a seer as well as
a musical composer. 2Ch 29:30; Ne 12:46 (B.C. 1050.)
2. The father or ancestor of Joah, the chronicler to
the kingdom of Judah in the reign...
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convener, or collector. (1.) A Levite; one of the leaders of
David's choir (1 Chr. 6:39). Psalms 50 and 73-83
inclusive are
attributed to him. He is mentioned along with David as
skilled
in music, and a "seer" (2 Chr. 29:30). The "sons of
Asaph,"
mentioned in 1 Chr. 25:1, 2 Chr. 20:14, and Ezra 2:41,
were his
descendants, or more probably ...
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("assembler".)
1. A Levite, son of Berachiah; one of David's choir
leaders (1 Chronicles 6:39). An inspired seer, as well as a
composer of music (2 Chronicles 29:30; Nehemiah 12:46). "The
sons of Asaph" were poets and musical composers of the school
founded by him; as Heman and Jeduthun also were heads of
schools of sacred inspired music. 1 ...
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