Traces
Asaph and Levi
How Asaph and Levi are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Levi was an ancestor of Asaph.
Chronicles traces Asaph back to Levi through Gershom, in its list of the singers David set over the service of song.
these are they whom David set over the service of song
1 Chronicles 6:31, King James Version
Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea
1 Chronicles 6:39, King James Version
The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah
1 Chronicles 6:40, King James Version
The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah
1 Chronicles 6:41, King James Version
The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei
1 Chronicles 6:42, King James Version
The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi
1 Chronicles 6:43, King James Version
Where they cross: 1 Chronicles 6:39-43
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
1 Chronicles 6:31
31And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after that the ark had rest.
1 Chronicles 6:39-43
39And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
40The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,
41The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
42The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
43The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
King James Version