Asaph is introduced to us first (I Chronicles 6:39-46) as one of three chief musicians in God’s House in Jerusalem, appointed by David the King to that office, because he was an elder in the Levitical clan of Gershon, son of Levi, along with Heman of the clan of Kohath, and Ethan of the clan of Merari, who was also referred to as Jeduthun and to Ethan the Ezrahite in other passages. In II Chronicles 5:12, these three musical leaders lead in the worship, as the Ark of the Covenant is brought into the newly-finished temple of Solomon. The sound of multiple instruments and percussion, along with chanting choirs, filled the air as the precious relic was brought to its resting place in the Holy of Holies in the innermost part of the Temple of God...
