Bible Person
Meaning: who gathers together · Male · 1 cross reference
This Asaph entry refers to the keeper of the king's forest in Nehemiah, not to the famous psalmist or musician. He belongs to the practical administrative world supporting Jerusalem's rebuilding. First appears in Neh 2:8.1
AI summary: This Asaph matters because his single cross reference places him in the chain of provision by which Nehemiah obtains timber for gates and walls. The entry shows that restoration depended on access to resources as well as vision and resolve. Taken together, the material presents this Asaph as an administrative figure contributing materially to Jerusalem's rebuilding.1
Central Figure
Asaph
Meaning: who gathers together
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.
| Book | Cross-References |
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.