Lexicon :: Strong's H623 - 'āsāp̄

They called for the king, but Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebnah the court secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian, came out to them.

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and reported to him the words of the royal spokesman.

Heman’s relative was Asaph, who stood at his right hand:

Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah, son of Mica, son of Zichri, son of Asaph;

So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his relatives, Asaph son of Berechiah; and from their relatives the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah.

The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals;

Asaph was the chief and Zechariah was second to him. Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel played the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals

On that day David decreed for the first time that thanks be given to the LORD by Asaph and his relatives:

So David left Asaph and his relatives there before the ark of the LORD’s covenant to minister regularly before the ark according to the daily requirements.

David and the officers of the army also set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who were to prophesy accompanied by lyres, harps, and cymbals. This is the list of the men who performed their service:

All these men were under their own fathers’ authority for the music in the LORD’s temple, with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the king’s authority.

The following were the divisions of the gatekeepers:

From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

the Levitical singers dressed in fine linen and carrying cymbals, harps, and lyres were standing east of the altar, and with them were 120 priests blowing trumpets. The Levitical singers were descendants of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun and their sons and relatives.

In the middle of the congregation, the Spirit of the LORD came on Jahaziel (son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite from Asaph’s descendants),

Shimri and Jeuel from the Elizaphanites;

Zechariah and Mattaniah from the Asaphites;

Then King Hezekiah and the officials told the Levites to sing praise to the LORD in the words of David and of the seer Asaph. So they sang praises with rejoicing and knelt low and worshiped.

The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. Also, the gatekeepers were at each temple gate. None of them left their tasks because their Levite brothers had made preparations for them.

The singers included

When the builders had laid the foundation of the LORD’s temple, the priests, dressed in their robes and holding trumpets, and the Levites descended from Asaph, holding cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as King David of Israel had instructed.

“And let me have a letter written to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to rebuild the gates of the temple’s fortress, the city wall, and the home where I will live.”[fn] The king granted my requests, for the gracious hand of my God was on me.

The singers included

Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, the one[fn] who began the thanksgiving in prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his relatives; and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.

The leader of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, of the descendants of Asaph, who were singers for the service of God’s house.

and some of the priests’ sons with trumpets, and Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Micaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph followed

For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were heads[fn] of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

The Mighty One, God,[fn] the LORD, speaks;

he summons the earth

from the rising of the sun to its setting.

God is indeed good to Israel,

to the pure in heart.

Why have you rejected us forever, God?

Why does your anger burn

against the sheep of your pasture?

We give thanks to you, God;

we give thanks to you, for your name is near.

People tell about your wondrous works.

God is known in Judah;

his name is great in Israel.

I cry aloud to God,

aloud to God, and he will hear me.

My people, hear my instruction;

listen to the words from my mouth.

God, the nations have invaded your inheritance,

desecrated your holy temple,

and turned Jerusalem into ruins.

Listen, Shepherd of Israel,

who leads Joseph like a flock;

you who sit enthroned between the cherubim,

shine

Sing for joy to God our strength;

shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.

God stands in the divine assembly;

he pronounces judgment among the gods:[fn]

God, do not keep silent.

Do not be deaf, God; do not be quiet.

Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian, came out to him.

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and reported to him the words of the royal spokesman.