Dict: easton - Asaph

easton:

Asaph @ convener, or collector.

(1.) A Levite; one of the leaders of David's choir ( kjv@1Chronicles: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" ( kjv@2Chronicals:29:30). The "sons of Asaph," mentioned in kjv@1Chronicles:25:1, kjv@2Chronicals:20:14, and kjv@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 ( kjv@2Kings:18:18 kjv@2Kings: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 kjv@Nehemiah:2:8).