Bible Person

Asaph

Meaning: who gathers together · Male · 3 cross references

This Asaph entry refers to Asaph the father of Joah in Hezekiah's administration, not the famous psalmist Asaph. He belongs to the household memory of royal service during the Assyrian crisis. First appears in 2 Kgs 18:18.1

AI summary: This Asaph matters because the cross references preserve him through Joah, a key official in Hezekiah's tense encounter with Assyria. The patronymic anchors that official service in a remembered family line. Taken together, the material presents this Asaph as the paternal figure behind an important royal official in Judah's crisis.1

Central Figure

Asaph

Meaning: who gathers together

The “recorder” in the time of Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:18, 37).