Asaph (Nehemiah 2:8)

Gender male Type Person Hebrew אָסָף
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A forest guard living after the exile, mentioned in Nehemiah 2:8.

About Asaph (Nehemiah 2:8)

A keeper of the king’s forest in Palestine under Artaxerxes I Longimanus (Nehemiah 2:8). Nehemiah asked this Asaph for timber to rebuild the wall, gates, and structures of Jerusalem.

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Nehemiah 2:8

And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.

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Nehemiah 2:8

And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.