This document is about Asahel (Noble of the Post-Exilic Period). For other homonyms, please refer to the Asahel document.
A figure from the return period of Ezra (the Scribe).
Ezra 10:15Only Jonathan) the son of Asahel) and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah) opposed this, and Meshullam) and the Levite Shabbethai supported them.