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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 714 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ASAPH , the eponym of the Asaphite gild of singers, one of the hereditary choirs that superintended the musical services of the See also:

temple at See also:

Jerusalem in See also:

POST

post-exilic times . The names occur in the titles of certain See also:

Psalms, and the writer of the See also:

BOOK

Book of See also:

CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

Chronicles makes Asaph a seer (2 Chron. See also:

XXIX

xxix . 3o), contemporary with See also:

David and See also:

Solomon, and See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the singers of his See also:

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