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