Asai'ah. (the Lord hath made).
1. A prince of one of the families of the Simeonites in the reign of Hezekiah. 1 Chronicles 4:36. (B.C. 910).
2. A Levite in the reign of David, chief of the family of Merari. 1 Chronicles 6:30. With 120 of his brethren, he took part in bringing the Ark from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David. 1 Chronicles 15:6; 1 Chronicles 15:11.
3. The first-born of "the Shilonite," from Shiloni, 1 Chronicles 9:5, who with his family dwelt in Jerusalem after the return from Babylon. (B.C. 536). In Nehemiah 11:5, he is called Maaseiah.
4. 2 Chronicles 34:20. See Asahiah.