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Reference: Amasai

American

A Levite, who joined David with thirty gallant men, while in the desert flying from Saul, 1Ch 6:25; 12:16-18.

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And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.

WBS

And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold to David. And David went out to meet them, and answered and said to them, If ye have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you: but if ye have come to betray me to my enemies, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look on it, and rebuke it. read more.

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Easton

burdensome.

(1.) A Levite, son of Elkanah, of the ancestry of Samuel (1Ch 6:25,35).

(2.) The leader of a body of men who joined David in the "stronghold," probably of Adullam (1Ch 12:18).

(3.) One of the priests appointed to precede the ark with blowing of trumpets on its removal from the house of Obed-edom (1Ch 15:24).

(4.) 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 (2Ch 29:12).

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1 Chron 6:25

And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.

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1 Chron 6:35

The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

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1 Chron 12:18

Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be to thee, and peace be to thy helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.

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1 Chron 15:24

And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were door-keepers for the ark.

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2 Chron 29:12

Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:

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Hastings

1. A Kohathite (1Ch 6:25,35); the eponym of a family (2Ch 29:12). 2. One of the priests who blew trumpets on the occasion of David's bringing the ark to Jerus. (1Ch 15:24). 3. One of David's officers at Ziklag (1Ch 12:18), possibly to be identified with Amasa, No. 1.