4 others in the registry answer to the name Asaiah. Every Asaiah in the Bible
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Asaiah
עֲשָׂיָה
Asaiah was a Levite leader who assisted in bringing the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem during David's reign (1Ch.15.6, 11).
- verses
- 2
- first named
- 1 Chronicles 15:6
- last named
- 1 Chronicles 15:11
- period
- Divided Monarchy
- role
- Man
Description
Who was Asaiah?
Asaiah was a Levite leader during the reign of King David. When David gathered the Levites to bring the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem, Asaiah was one of the leaders mentioned. He was part of the clan of Merari, one of the three main divisions of the Levites. David instructed Asaiah and other Levite leaders to appoint their relatives as musicians and singers to accompany the procession of the ark. Asaiah's leadership role in this significant event demonstrates his importance among the Levites and his involvement in the worship life of Israel.
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Where Asaiah is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
2 verses across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. Named in 1 Chronicles (2).
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1 Chronicles2 verses
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