1. One of the deputation sent by Josiah to consult Huldah the prophetess, 2Ki 22:12,14 (AV Asahiah), 2Ch 34:20. 2. One of the Simeonite princes who attacked the shepherds of Gedor, 1Ch 4:36. 3. A Merarite who took part in bringing the ark to Jerusalem, 1Ch 6:30; 15:6; 11:4. The first-born of the Shilonites, 1Ch 9:5; called in Ne 11:5 Maaseiah.
And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king, saying,
And Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. And she lived in Jerusalem in the second part. And they talked with her.
and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were the people of the land.
From the sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and two hundred and twenty of his brothers.
And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying,
and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.