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(Heb. Asayah', òֲùָׂéָä , constituted by Jehavxh; Sspt. Á᾿óáú v á or Á᾿óáú v áò v. r. Á᾿óÜ in 1Ch_1:5), the name of four men.
1. The son of Haaiah (1Ch_6:30) and chief of the 220 Levites of the family of Merari, appointed by David to remove the ark of the covenant from the house of Obed-edom, and afterward to take charge of the singing exercises (1Ch_15:6; 1Ch_15:11). B.C. cir. 1043. 2. The head of one of the families of the tribe of Simeon, mentioned in 1Ch_4:36, as dispossessing the descendants of Ham from the rich pastures near Gador in the time of Hezekiah, B.C. cir. 712.
3. A servant of Josiah, sent with others to consult the prophetess Huldah concerning the book of the law found in the Temple (2Ki_22:12; 2Ki_22:14 [where the name is less correctly Anglicized "Asahiah"]; 2Ch_34:20). B.C. 623.
4. The "first-born" of the Shilonites (q.v.) who returned to Jerusalem after the captivity (1Ch_9:5). B.C. 536. SEE MAASEIAH 9.