Asaiah

a -sā´ya ( עשׂיה , [ ‛ăsāyāh , "Yahweh has made," written Asahiah twice in the King James Version ( 2 Kings 22:12 , 2 Kings 22:14 )):

(1) A L evite of the family of Merari, and one of those who helped bring the ark from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem ( 1 Chronicles 6:30; 1 Chronicles 15:6 , 1 Chronicles 15:11 ).

(2) A leading man of the tribe of Simeon. He was in the incursion which attacked and dispossessed the Meunim (which see), or the shepherd people, in the valley of Gedor ( 1 Chronicles 4:36 ).

(3) An officer of Josiah sent to Huldah the prophetess for advice regarding the law book found by Hilkiah ( 2 Kings 22:12 , 2 Kings 22:14; see Asahiah ).

(4) A S hilonite resident of Jerusalem ( 1 Chronicles 9:5 ). He is called Maaseiah in Nehemiah 11:5 .