Amasa
- burden.
A son of Abigail (2 Sam 17:25 ), who was sister to King
David (1 Chr 2:16,17 ) and Zeruiah, the mother of Joab.
Hence, Amasa was a nephew to David, a cousin to Joab, as
well as a cousin to Absalom.
Absalom, David's mutinous son, revolted and won over the
tribes of Israel (2 Sam 15 ). He appointed Amasa over the
army, in effect replac...
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1. Son (seemingly illegitimate) of Jether or Ithra, an
Ishmaelite, by Abigail, David's sister (2 Samuel 17:25; 1
Chronicles 2:15-17). (See ABSALOM.) Joined his rebellion,
probably because neglected by David (as appears from his not
being mentioned previously) on account of his Ishmaelite
parentage (Zeruiah occurs always without mention of her ...
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And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who
fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew
them with the sword, my father David not knowing [thereof, to
wit], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and
Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah....
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Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to
me, [and] what he did to the two captains of the hosts of
Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of
Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and
put the blood of war upon his girdle that [was] about his
loins, and in his shoes that [were] on his ...
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But Amasa took no heed to the sword that [was] in Joab's hand:
so he smote him therewith in the fifth [rib], and shed out his
bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died.
So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of
Bichri....
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And say ye to Amasa, [Art] thou not of my bone, and of my
flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain
of the host before me continually in the room of Joab....
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When they [were] at the great stone which [is] in Gibeon,
Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on
was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle [with] a sword
fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went
forth it fell out....
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a-ma'-sa (`amasa', or read `ammishai, i.e. `am yishai,
"people of Jesse"): The form `amasa', is based upon a
mistaken etymology (from = `amac "to burden").
(1) According to 2 Sam 17:25, Amasa is the son of Abigail,
the sister of Zeruiah and David, and Ithra, an Israelite;
but another source, 1 Ch 2:17, calls his father Jether the
Ishmaelite. H...
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1. Nephew of David
2Sa 17:25; 1Ch 2:17
Joins Absalom
2Sa 17:25
Returns to David, and is made captain of the host
2Sa 19:13
Sam
2Sa 20:8-12; 1Ki 2:5,32
-2. Son of Hadlai
2Ch 28:12...
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