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Asaiah
ASAIAH, ASAHIAH (a-sā'ya, ăs'a-hī'a, whom Jehovah made)
One of Josiah’s officers whom he sent to inquire of the Lord concerning the words of the law that Shaphan had read to the king (
ASAIAH ə zā’ yə (עֲשָׂיָ֥ה, Jehovah has made). 1. An official under Josiah; one of a deputation sent by the king to consult Huldah the prophetess regarding the book of the law found by Hilkiah (
2. A chieftain of the tribe of Simeon. He assisted in dispossessing the Meunim, or the shepherd people of Gedor (
3. A Merarite Levite, son of Haggiah, among those who helped bring the Ark from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem (
4. The first-born of the Shilonites, who were among those who returned from the Babylonian Captivity (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
([`asayah], "Yahweh has made," written Asahiah twice in the King James Version (
(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 (
(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 (
(3) An officer of Josiah sent to Huldah the prophetess for advice regarding the law book found by Hilkiah (
(4) A Shilonite resident of Jerusalem (