Bible Person

Berechiah

Male · 3 cross references

This Berechiah entry refers to the father of Asaph in the Levitical musical line, not the restoration-era father of Meshullam already separately overridden. He belongs to the remembered ancestry of Israel's worship musicians. First appears in 1 Chr 6:39.1

AI summary: This Berechiah matters because the cross references preserve the musical line that leads to Asaph and later temple praise. His significance lies in the continuity of worship leadership across generations, rooted in named households rather than anonymous function. Taken together, the material presents this Berechiah as an ancestral figure in the line of Israel's liturgical musicians.1

Central Figure

Berechiah

Son of Shimea, and father of Asaph the musician (1 Chr.