Lexical Definition

‎עֲשָׂהאֵל‎ ʻĂsâhʼêl (as-aw-ale') Asahel ^N:N-M-P
from ‎עָשָׂה‎ and ‎אֵל‎; God has made

Asahel.

• § Asahel = "God-made"
• Asahel, the name of four Israelites

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

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.15
• father of: Jonathan (יוֹנָתָן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֲשָׂהאֵל‎₁₈ proper name, masculine Ασαηλ, ᵐ5^L Ασσαηλ (on this and following compare ‎אֶלְעָשָׂה‎); —

1. brother of Joab and Abishai 2Sam 2:18 (twice in verse) + 7 t. 2, + 2Sam 3:27; 2Sam 3:30; 2Sam 23:24; 1Chr 2:16; 1Chr 11:26; 1Chr 27:7.

2. Levites:
a. 2Chr 17:8 (Ιασειηλ,Ασιηλ).
b. 2Chr 31:13.

3. post-exile name Ezra 10:15.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Ezra's opponent • Opposed Ezra's dissolution of mixed marriages

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Asahel, along with Jahzeiah, opposed Ezra's plan to dissolve mixed marriages among the returned exiles (Ezra 10:15).

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.15;
• only referred to as Asahel עֲשָׂהאֵל;
• father of Jonathan יוֹנָתָן.

Asahel was one of two individuals mentioned in Ezra 10 who opposed Ezra's plan to dissolve the mixed marriages among the Jewish people who had returned from Babylonian exile. When Ezra called for the people to separate from their foreign wives and children, Asahel and Jahzeiah stood against this decision. However, the assembly ultimately agreed with Ezra, and the mixed marriages were ended.

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Related Profiles:

• Jonathan (child)