Bible Person
Meaning: who gathers together · Male · 2 cross references
This Asaph entry refers to a post-exilic Levite family figure in the Jerusalem lists, not the more famous psalmist or chief musician. He belongs to the restored worshiping community after the exile. First appears in 1 Chr 9:15.1
AI summary: This Asaph matters because the cross references place his name within the Levite households responsible for praise and service in restored Jerusalem. Even when the individual is not prominent, the continuation of such names shows how worship life endured through remembered lines. Taken together, the material presents this Asaph as a post-exilic Levitical figure participating in the re-established praise of the city.1
Central Figure
Asaph
Meaning: who gathers together
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.