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ASAPH
1. Berechiah’s son, an important tabernacle musician during King David’s reign (1 Chr 6:31-32, 39). Along with Heman, the head singer, and Ethan, Asaph was appointed to sound bronze cymbals during the ceremony when the ark was brought to the new tabernacle (1 Chr 15:1-19). David appointed Asaph to serve “by giving constant praise and thanks to the Lord God of Israel” (1 Chr 16:4-5, tlb) and to lead Israel in a special psalm of praise (1 Chr 16:7-36). Along with his relatives he ministered daily before the ark (1 Chr 16:37; 25:6, 9; 1 Esd 1:15; 5:27, 59). He was also described as David’s private prophet (1 Chr 25:1-2). Asaph’s name appears in the superscriptions of Psalms 50 and 73–83 and in the guild he established, “the sons of Asaph” (1 Chr 25:1; 2 Chr 35:15; Ezr 2:41; Neh 7:44; 11:22).
2. Joah’s father. Joah was the recorder (court historian or royal scribe) in King Hezekiah’s administration (2 Kgs 18:18, 27; Is 36:22).
3. Temple guard or gatekeeper, seemingly the same person as Ebiasaph (1 Chr 9:18).
4. Keeper of the king’s forest in Palestine under Artaxerxes I Longimanus (Neh 2:8). Nehemiah asked this Asaph for timber to rebuild the wall, gates, and structures of Jerusalem.