Asaph (Hebrew for "God has gathered") may refer to:

• Asaph Hall, 19th century astronomer
• Saint Asaph, first Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Asaph in Wales
• The Diocese of Saint Asaph
• St. Asaph, a town in North Wales

Asaph also refers to four men from the Old Testament: Asaph Hall (October 15, 1829 – November 22, 1907) was an American astronomer who is most famous for having discovered the moons of Mars (namely Deimos and Phobos) in 1877. ... St. ... The diocese of Saint Asaph is a diocese in North Wales, named after its Saint Asaph, its second bishop. ... St. ... Note: Judaism commonly uses the term Tanakh. ...

• Asaph, the father of Joah (2 Kings 18:18, 37)
• Asaph, son of Berachiah the Gershonite (2 Chronicles 20:14)
• Asaph, a Levite descendant of Kohath (1 Chr. 26:1)
• Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest under the Persian king Artaxerxes I Longimanus (Nehemiah 2:8)

Asaph (from http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/asaph.html) Meaning: convener, or collector Joah (God is his brother) Joah is the name of four men in the Bible: 1. ... The Books of Kings (also known as [The Book of] Kings in Hebrew: Sefer Melachim מלכים) is a part of Judaisms Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible. ... A Gershonite is a descendant of Biblical Gershon, son of Levi (Num. ... (Redirected from 2 Chronicles) The Book of Chronicles is a book in the Hebrew Bible (also see Old Testament). ... In the Old Testament, Kohath is both the name of one of the three sons of Levi and the name of one of the 3 subtribes of the tribe of Levi. ... Artaxerxes I (Latin; Greek Ἀρταξέρξης; corruption of Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎭𐎧𐎨𐏁𐎨[1] ArtaxÅ¡acā, whose reign is through arta (truth))[2]) was king of the Persian Empire from 465 BC to 424 BC. He was the son of Xerxes I of Persia. ... Nehemiah or Nechemya (נְחֶמְיָה Comforted of/is the LORD (YHWH), Standard Hebrew Nəḥemya, Tiberian Hebrew Nəḥemyāh, ) is a major figure in the post-exile history of the Jews as recorded in the Bible, and is believed to be the primary author of the Book of Nehemiah. ...

(1.) A Levite; one of the leaders of David's choir (1 Chr. 6:39). Psalms 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). The "sons of Asaph," mentioned in 1 Chr. 25:1, 2 Chr. 20:14, and Ezra 2:41, were his descendants, or more probably a class of poets or singers who recognized him as their master.

(2.) The "recorder" in the time of Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:18, 37).

(3.) The "keeper of the king's forest," to whom Nehemiah requested from Artaxerxes a "letter" that he might give him timber for the temple at Jerusalem (Neh. 2:8).

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