From Nave’s Topical Bible
Asaph
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 33Passages listed
- 7Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- 1. Father of Joah2 Kings 18:18Isaiah 36:3Isaiah 36:22
- 2. Son of Berachiah. One of the three leaders of music in David's organization of the tabernacle service1 Chronicles 15:16–191 Chronicles 16:5–71 Chronicles 25:1–92 Chronicles 5:122 Chronicles 35:15Nehemiah 12:46
- Apointed to sound the cymbals in the temple choir1 Chronicles 15:171 Chronicles 15:191 Chronicles 16:51 Chronicles 16:7
- A composer of sacred lyrics2 Chronicles 29:13–30
- See titles ofPsalms 50Psalms 73Psalms 74Psalms 75Psalms 76Psalms 77Psalms 78Psalms 79Psalms 80Psalms 81Psalms 82Psalms 83
- Descendants of, in the temple choir1 Chronicles 25:1–92 Chronicles 20:142 Chronicles 29:13Ezra 2:41Ezra 3:10Nehemiah 7:44Nehemiah 11:22
- 3. A Levite, whose descendants lived in Jerusalem after the exile1 Chronicles 9:15
- 4. A Kohath Levite1 Chronicles 26:1
- 5. Keeper of forestsNehemiah 2:8
The passages, in Bible order (33)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- 2 Kings 18:18
Then they called for the king; and Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to them.
Commentary on 2 Kings 18:181 voice
Called to the king - They wished him to come out that they might get possession of his person. Eliakim - over the household - What we would call lord chamberlain. Shebna the scribe - The kings secretary. Joah - the recorder - The writer of the public annals.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- 1 Chronicles 9:15
Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
Commentary on 1 Chronicles 9:151 voice
And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah,.... Four more of the chief of the Levites, the pedigree of the last of which is traced up by Micah and Zichri to Asaph, the singer in the times of David, a descendant of Gershon, the first son of Levi; the first of these is thought by Hillerus (t) to be the same with Bakbukiah, Neh 11:17. (t) Onamastic. Sacr. p. 401, 548.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Chronicles 15:16–19
David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
Commentary on 1 Chronicles 15:16–192 voices
And David spake to the chief of the Levites,.... The six before mentioned, 1Ch 15:11. to appoint their brethren to be the singers; before the ark, as they brought it up: with instruments of music, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals; which were used in those times, see 2Sa 6:5. sounding by lifting up the voice with joy; the instrumental music was to be attended with vocal music, and that very sonorous and loud, and performed with all tokens of inward joy and gladness, as the occasion required.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
The singers - Singing had long been recognized as appropriate to religious ceremonies Exo 15:21; Jdg 5:1; 1Ch 13:8; but this is the first occasion on which we find the duty of conducting musical services expressly laid on the Levites. Henceforth, the services of the tabernacle and the temple were regularly choral, and a considerable section of the Levites was trained in musical knowledge, and set apart to conduct this portion of the national worship.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- 1 Chronicles 15:17
So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
Commentary on 1 Chronicles 15:171 voice
So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel,.... The grandson of Samuel the prophet, 1Ch 6:33. and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; a famous singer, often mentioned in the Psalms, 1Ch 6:39. and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; the same with the son of Kishi, 1Ch 6:44, these were the chief of the singers.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Chronicles 15:19
The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals.
Commentary on 1 Chronicles 15:191 voice
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan,.... The three principal of them: these were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass; for as there were three sorts of musical instruments, 1Ch 15:16 these three chief singers had one of those instruments appropriated to them, one of which were the cymbals of brass, to which the apostle alludes, 1Co 13:1.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Chronicles 16:5–7
Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals
Commentary on 1 Chronicles 16:5–71 voice
Asaph the chief,.... Of those that were now appointed: otherwise, of the three principal singers, Heman was the chief, and Asaph next, 1Ch 6:33. and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, with psalteries, and with harps; to play upon them before the ark at the same time the psalms and songs were vocally sung; the above persons are such as are named before, 1Ch 15:18, but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; he struck and played upon them, see 1Ch 15:19.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Chronicles 16:7
On that day David first committed to Asaph and his brothers this song of thanksgiving to the LORD:
Commentary on 1 Chronicles 16:71 voice
Then on that day,.... The ark was brought to Zion, and the above persons appointed to minister before it: David delivered first this psalm to thank the Lord into the hand of Asaph and his brethren to be sung by them now, and on every proper occasion; and this seems to be the first that was delivered to them; afterwards there were many more, as the titles of the psalms show; the following is composed of part of two others, as they now stand in the book of Psalms.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Chronicles 25:1–9
Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:
Commentary on 1 Chronicles 25:1–92 voices
We read in the first book of Paralipomena that when the prophet David grew old in years devoted to the Lord, he chose four thousand young men from the people of Israel to render the psalms, which he had composed through the Lord's inspiration, so …
Cassiodorus· EXPLANATION OF THE PSALMS, PREFACE 2, 585Patristic
Moreover, David and the captains of the host separated to the service,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Chronicles 26:1
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.
Commentary on 1 Chronicles 26:12 voices
Concerning the divisions of the porters,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
The divisions of the porters - There were four classes of these, each of which belonged to one of the four gates of the temple, which opened to the four cardinal points of heaven. The eastern gate fell to Shelemiah; the northern, to Zechariah, 1Ch 26:14; the southern, to Obed-edom, 1Ch 26:15; the western, to Shuppim and Hosah, 1Ch 26:16. These several persons were captains of these porter-bands or door-keepers at the different gates. There were probably a thousand men under each of these captains; as we find, from 1Ch 23:5, that there were four thousand in all.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- 2 Chronicles 5:12
all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 5:121 voice
A hundred and twenty priests - Cymbals, psalteries, and harps, of any kind, in union with a hundred and twenty trumpets or horns, could not produce much harmony; as to melody, that must have been impossible, as the noise was too great.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- 2 Chronicles 20:14
Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite from Asaph’s descendants, as he stood in the midst of the assembly.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 20:141 voice
Then upon Jahaziel, the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jehiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite, of the sons of Asaph,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Chronicles 29:13–30
Shimri and Jeuel from the Elizaphanites; Zechariah and Mattaniah from the Asaphites;
- 2 Chronicles 35:15
The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their position, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 35:152 voices
And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
They might not depart - The singers and porters remained at their posts, while other Levites sacrificed for them and brought them their share of the lambs.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Ezra 3:10
When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.
Commentary on Ezra 3:102 voices
They set the priests - Or, according to another reading, The priests stood. The Levites the sons of Asaph - i. e., such of the Levites as were descendants of Asaph. It would seem as if no descendants of Heman or Jeduthun had returned.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Nehemiah 2:8
And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
Commentary on Nehemiah 2:81 voice
And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed