Asaiah:
the Lord hath wrought
Asaiah:
a-sa'-ya ([asayah], "Yahweh has made," written Asahiah twice in the King James Version (2Ki 22:12,14)):
(1) A Levite of the family of Merari, and one of those who helped bring the ark from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem (1Ch 6:30; 15:6,11).
(2) A leading man of the tribe of Simeon. He was in the incursion which attacked and dispossessed the MEUNIM (which see), or the shepherd people, in the valley of Gedor (1Ch 4:36).
(3) An officer of Josiah sent to Huldah the prophetess for advice regarding the law book found by Hilkiah (2Ki 22:12,14; see ASAHIAH).
(4) A Shilonite resident of Jerusalem (1Ch 9:5). He is called Maaseiah in Ne 11:5.
Written by W. W. Davies
Asaiah:
(the Lord hath made).
(1.) A prince of one of the families of the Simeonites in the reign of Hezekiah (1 Chronicles 4:36). (B.C. 910)
(2.) A Levite in the reign of David, chief of the family of Merari (1 Chronicles 6:30). With 120 of his brethren he took part in bringing the ark from the house of Obed‐edom to the city of David (1 Chronicles 15:6; 15:11).
(3.) The first‐born of "the Shilonite," from Shiloni (1 Chronicles 9:5) who with his family dwelt in Jerusalem after the return from Babylon. (B.C. 536) In Nehemiah 11:5 he is called MAASEIAH. SEE [MAASEIAH, 9.].
(4.) (2 Chronicles 34:20). SEE [ASAHIAH].
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