a-sa'-ya ([`asayah], "Yahweh has made," written Asahiah twice in the King James Version (2Ki 22:12,14)):
(1) A Levite of the family of Merari, and one of those who helped bring the ark from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem (1Ch 6:30;15:6,11).
(2) A leading man of the tribe of Simeon. He was in the incursion which attacked and dispossessed theMEUNIM(which see), or the shepherd people, in the valley of Gedor (1Ch 4:36).
(3) An officer of Josiah sent to Huldah the prophetess for advice regarding the law book found by Hilkiah (2Ki 22:12,14; seeASAHIAH).
(4) A Shilonite resident of Jerusalem (1Ch 9:5). He is called Maaseiah inNe 11:5.
W. W. Davis