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Amasai in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(burdensome) 1. A Kohathite, father of Mahath and ancestor of Samuel 1Ch 6:25,35 2. Chief of the captains of Judah and Benjamin, who deserted to David while an outlaw at Ziklag. 1Ch 12:18 (B.C. 1060.) 3. One of the priests who blew trumpets before the ark. 1Ch 15:24 4. Another Kohathite, in the reign of Hezekiah. 2Ch 29:12...

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Amashai in Naves Topical Bible

A chieftain of Judah Ne 11:13...

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Amasiah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

burden of (i.e., "sustained by") Jehovah, the "son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the Lord," a captain over thousands under Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. 17:16; comp. Judg. 5:9)....

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Amaziah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

the strength of the Lord...

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Amittai in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Father of Jonah: 2 Kings 14:25;...

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Ammiel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Numbers 13:12. 2. 2 Samuel 9:4-5; 2 Samuel 17:27. 3. Ammiel or Eliam, by transposition of letters; father of Bathsheba (See AHITHOPHEL) (1 Chronicles 3:5; 2 Samuel 11:8). 4. 1 Chronicles 26:5....

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Ammihud in Naves Topical Bible

1. Son of Laadan 1Ch 7:26 And father of Elishama Nu 1:10; 2:18 -2. Father of Shemuel Nu 34:20 -3. Father of Pedahel Nu 34:28 -4. Father of the king of Gesher 2Sa 13:37 -5. Son of Omri 1Ch 9:4...

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Amminadab in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

a-min'-a-dab (`amminadhabh = "my people (or my kinsman) is generous or noble"): Three persons bearing this name are mentioned in the Old Testament. (1) In Ruth 4:19,20 and 1 Ch 2:10 Amminadab is referred to as one of David's ancestors. He was the great-grandson of Perez, a son of Judah (Gen 38:29; 46:12) and the great- grandfather of Boaz, who ...

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Amasa Scripture - 1 Kings 2:32

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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