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Strong's #6214 - עֲשָׂהאֵל
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Asahel = “God-made”
1) nephew of David, son of David’s sister Zeruiah, and brother of Joab and Abishai; swift of foot he was killed by Abner when he pursued him in battle and caught him
2) a Levite in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah who went through the kingdom giving instruction in the law
3) a Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah in charge of the tithes and dedicated things in the temple
4) a priest, father of Jonathan, in the time of Ezra
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1 brother of Joab and Abishai 2 Samuel 2:18 (twice in verse) + 7t. 2, + 2 Samuel 3:27,30; 2 Samuel 23:24; 1 Chronicles 2:16; 1 Chronicles 11:26; 1 Chronicles 27:7.
2 Levites:
a. 2 Chronicles 17:8 (Ιασειηλ,Ασιηλ).
b. 2 Chronicles 31:13.
3 post-exile name Ezra 10:15.
עֲשָׂהאֵל (“whom God created,” i.e. constituted, appointed), [Asahel], pr.n. m.
(1) 2 Samuel 2:18, 23:24 1 Chronicles 27:7 and, with the words separated, 1 Chronicles 2:16.
(2) 2 Chronicles 17:8, 31:13.
(3) Ezra 10:15. As to the letter ה quiescing in the middle of a word, see Lehrg. p. 48.