Bible Person
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
Identity
male
First appears
1 Chr 6:39
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.
Identity
male
Son of Shimea, and father of Asaph the musician (1 Chr. 6:39; 15:17). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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.