Asaph (biblical figure)

Asaph ( ; ’Āsāp̄, "Gather") is the name of three men from the Hebrew bible.

• Asaph, the father of Joah ()
• The articles related to the son of Berachiah and descendant of Kohath refer to the same person:
• Asaph, son of Berachiah the Gershonite (). Together with Heman, the grandson of the Israelite prophet Samuel (, 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 (). He authored Psalm 50, and Psalms 73 to 83.
• Asaph, a Levite descendant of Kohath ()
• Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest under the Persian king Artaxerxes I Longimanus ()

See also

• Psalms of Asaph
• Psalms
• Asif ibn Barkhiya

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