Amasa @ burden. (1.) The son of Abigail, a sister of king David ( 1Chronicles:2:17; 2Samuel:17:25). He was appointed by David to command the army in room of his cousin Joab ( 2Samuel:19:13), who afterwards treacherously put him to death as a dangerous rival ( 2Samuel:20:4-12). (2.) A son of Hadlai, and chief of Ephraim ( 2Chronicals:28:12) in the reign of Ahaz.
Amasai @ burdensome. (1.) A Levite, son of Elkanah, of the ancestry of Samuel ( 1Chronicles:6:251Chronicles:6:35). (2.) The leader of a body of men who joined David in the "stronghold," probably of Adullam ( 1Chronicles: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 ( 1Chronicles: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 ( 2Chronicals:29:12).
