Asaph (biblical figure)

Asaph (English: /ˈeɪ.sæf/ Ay-saf; Hebrew: אָסָף ’Āsāp̄, "Gather") is the name of three men from the Hebrew bible.

• Asaph, the father of Joah (2 Kings 18:18–37)
• The articles related to the son of Berachiah and descendant of Kohath refer to the same person:
  • Asaph, son of Berachiah the Gershonite (2 Chronicles 20:14). Together with Heman, the grandson of the Israelite prophet Samuel (1 Chronicles 6:24, 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 (1 Chronicles 15:16–17). He authored Psalm 50, and Psalms 73 to 83.
  • Asaph, a Levite descendant of Kohath (1 Chronicles 26:1)
• Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest under the Persian king Artaxerxes I Longimanus (Nehemiah 2:8)