And Abigail bare Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth.

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

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

And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.