Amasai
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Burdensome.
A Levite, son of Elkanah, of the ancestry of Samuel (1 Chr 6:25, 35).
The leader of a body of men who joined David in the “stronghold,” probably of Adullam (1 Chr 12:18).
One of the priests appointed to precede the ark with blowing of trumpets on its removal from the house of Obed-edom (1 Chr 15:24).
The father of a Levite, one of the two Kohathites who took a prominent part at the instance of Hezekiah in the cleansing of the temple (2 Chr 29:12).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
a-ma'-si (`amasay, perhaps rather to be read `ammishay; so Wellhausen, IJG, II, 24, n.2):
(1) A name in the genealogy of Kohath, son of Elkanah, a Levite of the Kohathite family (compare 1 Chr 6:25; 2 Chr 29:12).
(2) Chief of the captains who met David at Ziklag and tendered him their allegiance. Some have identified him with Amasa and others with Abishai, who is called Abshai in 1 Chr 11:20 m (compare 1 Chr 18:12). The difficulty is that neither Amasa nor Abishai occupied the rank of the chief of thirty according to the lists in 2 Sam 2 and 1 Chr 1, the rank to which David is supposed to have appointed into (compare 1 Chr 12:18).
(3) One of the trumpet-blowing priests who greeted David when he brought back the Ark of the Covenant (compare 1 Chr 15:24).
See also
Person Amasai (1 Chr 6,25) Person Amasai (1 Chr 12,18) Person Amasai (1 Chr 15,24) Person Amasai (2 Chr 29,12)
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