Psalms of Asaph
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The Psalms of Asaph (לְאָסָף) are the twelve psalms numbered 50 and 73 – 83 of the Book of Psalms. The Asaphite priests had a pre-exilic role to provide musically-based or induced prophecy, and a post-exilic role singing praise to God.
[edit] Identity of Asaph
The genealogical tables of the Books of Chronicles cite the original Asaph as the son of Berechiah (1 Chr 6:39). According to the Chroniclers, the sons of Asaph, Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, were assigned by David to prophesy "to the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals" (1 Chr 25:1-2). In the post-exilic period, the Ezra/Nehemiah writings cite 148 "...singers: the sons of Asaph..." among the returnees to the Persian province of Yehud (Judah) (Neh 7:44), although Ezra 2:41 gives the number as 128.
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