Person of Interest

    Asaph

    meaning: who gathers together

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Dictionary Summary:A Levite; one of the leaders of David’s choir ([1 Chr. 6:39](/1chr#1Chr.6.39)). [Psalms 50](/ps#Ps.50) and 73-83 inclusive are attributed to him. He is mentioned along with David as skilled in music, and a “seer” ([2 Chr. 29:30](/2chr#2Chr.29.30)). The “sons of Asaph,” mentioned in [1 Chr. 25:1](/1chr#1Chr.25.1), [2](/1chr#1Chr.25.2) Chr. 20:14, and [Ezra 2:41](/ezra#Ezra.2.41), were his descendants, or more probably a class of poets or singers who recognized him as their master. 2


Father

    Berechiah

    meaning: 

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Children

    Jesharelah

    meaning: 

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    Joseph

    meaning: increase; addition

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    Nethaniah

    meaning: the gift of the Lord

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    Zaccur

    meaning: of the male kind; mindful

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Cross References
BookCross-References
1Chr
    6.39 15.17 15.19 16.5 16.7 16.37 25.1 25.2 25.6 25.9 
2Chr
    5.12 20.14 29.13 29.30 35.15 
Ezra
    2.41 3.10 
Neh
    7.44 11.22 12.35 12.46 
Ps
    50.1 73.1 74.1 75.1 76.1 77.1 78.1 79.1 80.1 81.1 82.1 83.1 
Isa
    36.3 

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.) 

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      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. 

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      M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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      Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.