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	Asaph (Hebrew for "God has gathered") may refer to: Asaph Hall Asaph Hall Asaph Hall was an United States astronomy who is most famous for having discovered the moons of Mars in 1877. He determined the orbits of satellites of other planets and of double stars, the rotation of Saturn , and the mass of Mars.... , 19th century astronomer Saint Asaph Saint Asaph Saint Asaph was, in the second half of the 6th century, the first or second Bishop of St Asaph, i.e. bishop of the diocese of Saint Asaph, the Wales See now of that name.... , first Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Asaph in Wales Asaph ben Berekhyah (also known as Asaph ha-Rophe; Asaph ha-Yarhoni; Asaph ha-Yehuda [Asaph Iudaeus]), jewish physician (6th century) The Diocese of Saint Asaph Diocese of Saint Asaph The diocese of Saint Asaph is a diocese in north-east Wales, named after Saint Asaph, its second bishop.... St. Asaph, a town in North Wales Asaph also refers to four men from the Old Testament Old Testament In Western Christianity, the Old Testament refers to the books that form the first of the two-part Christianity Bible Biblical canon. These works correspond to the Hebrew Bible , with some variations and additions.... : Asaph, the father of Joah Joah Joah is a Hebrew language name meaning "Jehovah is his brother," "God is his brother," or some variation. It is derived from the two words "Yahweh" and "ach" .... (2 Kings 18:18, 37) Asaph, son of Berachiah the Gershonite Gershonite The Gershonites were one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Hebrew Bible times. The Bible claims that the Gershonites were all descended from the eponymous Gershon, a son of Levi, although biblical criticism regard this as a postdictional metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the clan to others in the Israel... (2 Chronicles 20:14) Asaph, a Levite descendant of Kohath Kohath According to the Torah, Kohath was one of the sons of Levi, and the patriarchal founder of the Kohathites, one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Hebrew Bible times; in some apocryphal texts such as the Testament of Levi, and the Book of Jubilees, Levi's wife, Kohath's mother, is named as Milkah, a daughter of Aram.... (1 Chr. 26:1) Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest under the Persian king Artaxerxes I Longimanus (Nehemiah Nehemiah Nehemiah or Nechemya is a major figure in the Babylonian captivity history of the Jews as recorded in the Bible, and is believed to be the primary author of the Book of Nehemiah.... 2:8) Asaph Meaning: convener, or collector (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).