Meaning
Asaiah (the Lord hath made).
1. A prince of one of the families of the Simeonites in the reign of Hezekiah. (1Chronicles 4:36) (B.C. 910.)
2. A Levite in the reign of David, chief of the family of Merari. (1Chronicles 6:30) With 120 of his brethren he took part in bringing the ark from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David. (1Chr 15:6; 1Chr 15:11)
3. The first-born of "the Shilonite," from Shiloni, (1Chronicles 9:5) who with his family dwelt in Jerusalem after the return from Babylon. (B.C. 536.) In (Nehemiah 11:5) he is called MAASEIAH.
4. (2Chronicles 34:20) [ASAHIAH ]
