Bible Names A-G

Amasai in Easton's Bible Dictionary

burdensome. (1.) A Levite, son of Elkanah, of the ancestry of Samuel (1 Chr. 6:25, 35). (2.) The leader of a body of men who joined David in the "stronghold," probably of Adullam (1 Chr. 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 (1 Chr. 15:24). (4.) The...

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Amashai in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(burdensome), son of Azareel, a priest in the time of Nehemiah, Ne 11:13 apparently the same as MAASIAI. 1Ch 9:12 (B.C. 440.)...

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Amasiah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(2 Chronicles 17:16.) "Son of Zichri, who willingly, offered himself unto the Lord" as a captain under Jehoshaphat; compare Judges 5:2; Judges 5:9....

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Amaziah Scripture - 2 Kings 14:13

And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits....

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Ammihud in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(people of praise). 1. An Ephraimite father of Elishama, the chief of the tribe at the time of the Exodus. Nu 1:10; 2:18; 7:48,53; 10:22; 1Ch. 7:26 and, through him, ancestor of Joshua. (B.C. 1491.) 2. A Simeonite, father of Shemuel. Nu 34:20 3. The father of Pedahel, prince of the tribe of Naphtali. Nu 34:28 4. The father-of Talmai king of...

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Amminadab in Naves Topical Bible

1. Father-in-law of Aaron Ex 6:23 Father of Nashon Nu 1:7; 2:9 Lineage of Ru 4:18-20; 1Ch 2:10; Mt 1:4; Lu 3:33 -2. A son of Kohath 1Ch 6:22 -3. A son of Uzziel 1Ch 15:10,11...

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Amasa Scripture - 1 Kings 2:5

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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