Asaiah (Hebrew: עשיה "God made me") was the personal secretary of
Josiah
Josiah () or Yoshiyahu was the 16th king of Judah (–609 BCE). According to the Hebrew Bible, he instituted major religious reforms by removing official worship of gods other than Yahweh. Until the 1990s, the biblical description of Josiah’s ...
, king of
Judah in the 7th century BCE, and according to the
Bible
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(
II Kings
The Book of Kings (, '' Sēfer Məlāḵīm'') is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Kings) in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It concludes the Deuteronomistic history, a history of ancient Israel also including t ...
, Chapter 22, and
Books of Chronicles
The Book of Chronicles ( , "words of the days") is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Chronicles) in the Christian Old Testament. Chronicles is the final book of the Hebrew Bible, concluding the third section of the Jewish Ta ...
2, Chapter 34), is one of Josiah's deputation to the prophet
Huldah
Huldah ( ''Ḥuldā'') is a prophetess mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in and . After the discovery of a book of the Law during renovations at Solomon's Temple, on the order of King Josiah, Hilkiah together with Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan and As ...
. A seal with the text ''Asayahu servant of the king'' probably belonged to him.
[Heltzer, Michael, ''THE SEAL OF ˓AŚAYĀHŪ''. In Hallo, 2000, Vol. II p. 204]
Other biblical figures
* Asaiah (Simeonite) a prince of the tribe of
Simeon
Simeon () is a given name, from the Hebrew (Biblical Hebrew, Biblical ''Šimʿon'', Tiberian vocalization, Tiberian ''Šimʿôn''), usually transliterated in English as Shimon. In Greek, it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Sy ...
who attacked and captured Gedor, and settled there (I Chron. iv. 36)
* Asaiah (Levite) a
Levite
Levites ( ; ) or Levi are Jewish males who claim patrilineal descent from the Tribe of Levi. The Tribe of Levi descended from Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah. The surname ''Halevi'', which consists of the Hebrew definite article "" ''Ha-' ...
appointed to take part in bringing back the
Ark of the Covenant
The Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony or the Ark of God, was a religious storage chest and relic held to be the most sacred object by the Israelites.
Religious tradition describes it as a wooden storage chest decorat ...
(I Chron. vi. 15
. V. 30 xv. 6, 11)
*
Asaiah (Shilonite) a Shilonite residing in
Jerusalem
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(I Chron. ix. 5) identical with
Maaseiah (Neh. xi. 5)
See also
*
Asaiah Ziv
References
Sources
* (3 Volumes)
7th-century BCE Jews
Tribe of Simeon
Levites
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