Asaph אָסָף

Returned musician. Asaph was a Levite musician and psalmist during David's reign, and his descendants served as temple singers (<ref="1Ch.6.39; 15:17, 19; 16:5, 7, 37; 25:1, 2, 6, 9; 2Ch.5.12; 20:14; 29:13, 30; 35:15; Ezra 2:41; 3:10; Neh.7.44; 11:22; 12:35, 46; Psalms 50, 73-83">1Ch.6.39; 15:17, 19; 16:5, 7, 37; 25:1, 2, 6, 9; 2Ch.5.12; 20:14; 29:13, 30; 35:15; Ezra 2:41; 3:10; Neh.7.44; 11:22; 12:35, 46; Psalms 50, 73-83</ref>).

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Where Asaph appears

Psalms (12), 1 Chronicles (10), 2 Chronicles (5), Nehemiah (4), Ezra (2)

Key verses

• 1 Chronicles 6:39 first mention — And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
• 1 Chronicles 25:1 — Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
• 2 Chronicles 5:12 — Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
• Ezra 3:10 — And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
• Psalms 50:1 — [A Psalm of Asaph.] The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
• Psalms 73:1 — [A Psalm of Asaph.] Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
• Psalms 74:1 — [Maschil of Asaph.] O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
• Psalms 76:1 — [To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.] In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
• Psalms 79:1 — [A Psalm of Asaph.] O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
• Psalms 80:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.] Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
• Psalms 81:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.] Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
• Psalms 82:1 — [A Psalm of Asaph.] God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.