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asaph |
2 definitions found From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Asaph 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 a class of poets or singers who recognized him as their master. (2.) The recorder" in the time of Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:18, 37). (3.) The "keeper of the king's forest," to whom Nehemiah requested from Artaxerxes a letter" that he might give him timber for the temple at Jerusalem (Neh. 2:8). From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Asaph, who gathers together
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