| Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ASAIAH a-sa'-ya ([`asayah], "Yahweh has made," written Asahiah twice in the King James Version (2 Kings 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 (1 Chronicles 6:30; 1 Chronicles 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 (1 Chronicles 4:36).
(3) An officer of Josiah sent to Huldah the prophetess for advice regarding the law book found by Hilkiah (2 Kings 22:12, 14; see ASAHIAH).
(4) A Shilonite resident of Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 9:5). He is called Maaseiah in Nehemiah 11:5.
W. W. Davis | Multi-Version Concordance Asaiah (8 Occurrences) 2 Kings 22:12 The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying, (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS NIV) 2 Kings 22:14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they talked with her. (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 4:36 and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 6:30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 9:5 Of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 15:6 of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred twenty; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 15:11 David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 2 Chronicles 34:20 The king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) |