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He is a significant character in the turbulent period of King David's reign, known for his role in the political and military upheavals of the time.<br><br><b>Family Background and Lineage</b><br><br>Amasa was the son of Jether (also called Ithra), an Ishmaelite, and Abigail, the sister of Zeruiah, who was the mother of Joab, Abishai, and Asahel (<a href="/2_samuel/17-25.htm">2 Samuel 17:25</a>). This makes Amasa a nephew of King David, as Abigail was David's sister. His mixed heritage, being part Israelite and part Ishmaelite, is noted in the biblical text, which may have influenced his standing and relationships within the Israelite community.<br><br><b>Role in Absalom's Rebellion</b><br><br>Amasa's most notable involvement in the biblical narrative occurs during the rebellion of Absalom, David's son. Absalom, in his bid to usurp the throne from his father, appointed Amasa as the commander of his army, replacing Joab, who was David's loyal military leader (<a href="/2_samuel/17-25.htm">2 Samuel 17:25</a>). This appointment was likely strategic, as Amasa's familial connections could have been seen as a way to legitimize Absalom's claim and rally support from those disaffected with David's rule.<br><br><b>Reconciliation and Appointment by David</b><br><br>After Absalom's defeat and death, King David sought to unify the kingdom and heal the divisions caused by the rebellion. In a gesture of reconciliation, David offered Amasa the position of commander over his own army, effectively replacing Joab (<a href="/2_samuel/19-13.htm">2 Samuel 19:13</a>). This decision was politically astute, as it aimed to win over those who had supported Absalom and to diminish Joab's growing power and influence, which had become a concern for David.<br><br><b>Amasa's Death</b><br><br>Despite David's intentions, Amasa's tenure as commander was short-lived. During the subsequent revolt led by Sheba, a Benjamite, David ordered Amasa to muster the men of Judah to quell the insurrection (<a href="/2_samuel/20-4.htm">2 Samuel 20:4</a>). Amasa's delay in executing this order provided Joab with an opportunity to reassert his dominance. Joab, under the guise of a friendly greeting, treacherously killed Amasa by striking him with a sword (<a href="/2_samuel/20-9.htm">2 Samuel 20:9-10</a>). This act of violence was characteristic of Joab's ruthless nature and his determination to maintain his position as the chief military leader.<br><br><b>Legacy and Significance</b><br><br>Amasa's account is a poignant reminder of the complex and often brutal nature of political power struggles in ancient Israel. His life and death illustrate the challenges of leadership, loyalty, and the consequences of familial and political alliances. Amasa's narrative also highlights the themes of reconciliation and betrayal, as well as the intricate dynamics within David's court. His tragic end serves as a testament to the volatile nature of the times and the personal costs of political ambition and rivalry.<a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Amasa</span><p>sparing the people<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Amasa</span><p>(<i>a burden</i>). <ol> <li>Son of Ithra, or Jether, by Abigail, David's sister. (<a href="/2_samuel/17-25.htm">2 Samuel 17:25</a>) He joined in Absalom's rebellion, B.C. 1023, was appointed commander-in-chief and suffered defeat by Joab. (<a href="/2_samuel/18-6.htm">2 Samuel 18:6</a>) David, incensed against Joab for killing Absalom, forgave Amasa and appointed him Joab's successor. (<a href="/2_samuel/19-13.htm">2 Samuel 19:13</a>) Joab afterwards, when they were both in pursuit of the rebel Sheba, pretending to salute Amasa stabbed him with his sword. (<a href="/2_samuel/20-10.htm">2 Samuel 20:10</a>)</li> <li>A prince of Ephraim, son of Hadlai, in the reign of Ahaz. (<a href="/2_chronicles/28-12.htm">2 Chronicles 28:12</a>)</li> </ol><a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Amasa</span><p>1. David's nephew, the son of Abigail, David's sister, and Jether an Ishmaelite. His percentage may have led David to show him less favor than his other nephews, and this may have disposed him to join in the rebellion of Absalom. He was the general of Absalom's army, and was defeated by his cousin Joab, <a href="/context/2_samuel/17-1.htm">2 Samuel 17:1-18:33</a>. David afterwards offered him a pardon and the command of his troops in the place of Joab, whose overbearing conduct he could no longer endure, <a href="/2_samuel/19-13.htm">2 Samuel 19:13</a>. But in the confusion of Sheba's rebellion, Amasa was treacherously murdered by his powerful rival, <a href="/context/2_samuel/20-4.htm">2 Samuel 20:4-10</a>. B. C. 1022. </p><p>2. A chief of Ephraim, who opposed retaining as bondsmen the men of Judah taken captive in a war with Pekah king of Israel, <a href="/2_chronicles/28-12.htm">2 Chronicles 28:12</a>. </p><a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Burden. <p>(1.) The son of Abigail, a sister of king David (<a href="/1_chronicles/2-17.htm">1 Chronicles 2:17</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/17-25.htm">2 Samuel 17:25</a>). He was appointed by David to command the army in room of his cousin Joab (<a href="/2_samuel/19-13.htm">2 Samuel 19:13</a>), who afterwards treacherously put him to death as a dangerous rival (<a href="/2_samuel/20-4.htm">2 Samuel 20:4</a>-12).<p>(2.) A son of Hadlai, and chief of Ephraim (<a href="/2_chronicles/28-12.htm">2 Chronicles 28:12</a>) in the reign of Ahaz. <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">AMASA</span><p>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").<br><br>(1) According to <a href="/2_samuel/17-25.htm">2 Samuel 17:25</a>, Amasa is the son of Abigail, the sister of Zeruiah and David, and Ithra, an Israelite; but another source, <a href="/1_chronicles/2-17.htm">1 Chronicles 2:17</a>, calls his father Jether the Ishmaelite. He was a nephew of David and a cousin of Absalom, who made him commander of the army of rebellion. When the uprising had been quelled, David, in order to conciliate Amasa, promised him the position held by Joab; the latter had fallen from favor (<a href="/2_samuel/19-13.htm">2 Samuel 19:13</a>). When a new revolt broke out under Sheba, the son of Bichri (<a href="/nasb/2_samuel/20.htm">2 Samuel 20</a>), Amasa was entrusted with the task of assembling the men of Judah. But Joab was eager for revenge upon the man who had obtained the office of command that he coveted. When Amasa met Joab at Gibeon, the latter murdered him while pretending to salute (<a href="/2_samuel/20-8.htm">2 Samuel 20:8-10</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-5.htm">1 Kings 2:5</a>).<br><br>(2) Son of Hadlai, of the Bene 'Ephrayim ("Children of Ephraim"), who, obeying the words of the prophet Oded, refused to consider as captives the Judeans who had been taken from Ahaz, king of Judah, by the victorious Israelites under the leadership of Pekah (<a href="/2_chronicles/28-12.htm">2 Chronicles 28:12</a>).<br><br>H. J. Wolf<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/6021.htm"><span class="l">6021. <b>Amasa</b> -- two Israelites</span></a><br><b>...</b> 6020, 6021. <b>Amasa</b>. 6022 . two Israelites. Transliteration: <b>Amasa</b> Phonetic Spelling:<br> (am-aw-saw') Short Definition: <b>Amasa</b>. <b>...</b> NASB Word Usage <b>Amasa</b> (16). <b>Amasa</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6021.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3501.htm"><span class="l">3501. Yithra -- father of <b>Amasa</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 3500, 3501. Yithra. 3502 . father of <b>Amasa</b>. Transliteration: Yithra<br> Phonetic Spelling: (yith-raw') Short Definition: Ithra. Word <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3501.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6022.htm"><span class="l">6022. Amasay -- the name of several Israelites</span></a><br><b>...</b> Definition: Amasai. Word Origin from the same as <b>Amasa</b> Definition the name<br> of several Isr. NASB Word Usage Amasai (5). Amasai. From <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6022.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6023.htm"><span class="l">6023. Amashsay -- an Israelite priest</span></a><br><b>...</b> Definition: Amashsai. Word Origin probably from the same as <b>Amasa</b> Definition<br> an Isr. priest NASB Word Usage Amashsai (1). Amashai. Probably <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6023.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_11_how_david_when.htm"><span class="l">How David, when He had Recovered his Kingdom, was Reconciled to <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> His Kingdom, Was Reconciled To Shimei, And To Ziba; And Showed A Great Affection<br> To Barzillai; And How, Upon The Rise Of A Sedition, He Made <b>Amasa</b> Captain Of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 11 how david when.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_worlds_great_sermons_volume_10/index_to_preachers_and_sermons.htm"><span class="l">Index to Preachers and Sermons</span></a> <br><b>...</b> By Roswell Dwight Hitchcock Atonement, The Prominence of the. By Edwards <b>Amasa</b><br> Park Augustine, St., The Recovery of Sight by the Blind <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../various/the worlds great sermons volume 10/index to preachers and sermons.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/"><span class="l">The Antiquities of the Jews</span></a> <br><b>...</b> His Kingdom, Was Reconciled To Shimei, And To Ziba; And Showed A Great Affection<br> To Barzillai; And How, Upon The Rise Of A Sedition, He Made <b>Amasa</b> Captain Of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/josephus/the antiquities of the jews/</font><p><a href="/library/jennings/old_groans_and_new_songs/chapter_i_perhaps_there_is.htm"><span class="l">Perhaps There is no Book Within the Whole Canon of Scripture So <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> form of the evil one, who, our Lord tells us, was both "liar and murderer from the<br> beginning." And many thousand professing Christians are like <b>Amasa</b> of old <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../jennings/old groans and new songs/chapter i perhaps there is.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_31_1885/the_horns_of_the_altar.htm"><span class="l">The Horns of the Altar</span></a> <br><b>...</b> than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit,<br> Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and <b>Amasa</b>, the son of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 31 1885/the horns of the altar.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bangs/an_alphabetical_list_of_m_e_preachers/letter_j.htm"><span class="l">Letter J</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 1836 * Jocelin, Augustus "Received 1797, Located 1804 * John, Allen "Received 1833 *<br> Johnson, Alvira "Received 1835 * Johnson, <b>Amasa</b> "Received 1832 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/bangs/an alphabetical list of m e preachers/letter j.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bangs/an_alphabetical_list_of_m_e_preachers/letter_t.htm"><span class="l">Letter T</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Tarter, Hiram "Received 1837 * Tatum, Isham "Received 1776, Located 1781 * Taylor,<br> Albion C. "Received 1827, Located 1829 * Taylor, <b>Amasa</b> "Received 1809 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/bangs/an alphabetical list of m e preachers/letter t.htm</font><p><a href="/library/wells/bible_stories_and_religious_classics/the_history_of_solomon.htm"><span class="l">The History of Solomon</span></a> <br><b>...</b> First on Joab that had been prince of his father's host, because he slew two good<br> men by treason and guile, that was Abner the son of Ner, and <b>Amasa</b> the son of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the history of solomon.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_10_how_when_absalom.htm"><span class="l">How, when Absalom was Beaten, He was Caught in a Tree by his Hair <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> He appointed <b>Amasa</b> to be captain of all his host, instead of Joab his kinsman: his<br> father was Ithra and his mother Abigail: now she and Zeruiah, the mother of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 10 how when absalom.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_15_what_charge_david.htm"><span class="l">What Charge David Gave Tohis Son Solomon at the Approach of his <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> of Joab, [26] the captain of the host, who hath slain two generals out of envy,<br> and those righteous and good men, Abner the son of Ner, and <b>Amasa</b> the son of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 15 what charge david.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/a/amasa.htm"><span class="l"><b>Amasa</b> (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>AMASA</b>. a-ma'-sa (`<b>amasa</b>', or read `ammishai, ie `am yishai, "people of Jesse"):<br> The form `<b>amasa</b>', is based upon a mistaken etymology (from = `amac "to burden"). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/amasa.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/amasa's.htm"><span class="l"><b>Amasa's</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Amasa's</b> (1 Occurrence). 2 Samuel 20:11 And one<br> of Joab's young men, taking his place at <b>Amasa's</b> side, said <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/amasa's.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/ama'sa.htm"><span class="l">Ama'sa (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Ama'sa. <b>Amasa</b>, Ama'sa. Amasai . Multi-Version Concordance Ama'sa (12 Occurrences).<br> 2 Samuel 17:25 And Absalom had set <b>Amasa</b> over the host instead of Joab. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/ama'sa.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jether.htm"><span class="l">Jether (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (3.) The father of <b>Amasa</b>, David's general (1 Kings 2:5, 32); called Ithra (2 Samuel<br> 17:25). <b>...</b> 2 Samuel 17:25 Absalom set <b>Amasa</b> over the army instead of Joab. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jether.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/joab's.htm"><span class="l">Joab's (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Samuel 17:25 Absalom set <b>Amasa</b> over the army instead of Joab. <b>...</b> 2 Samuel 20:8 When<br> they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, <b>Amasa</b> went before them. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/joab's.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/ishmaelite.htm"><span class="l">Ishmaelite (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (n.) See Ismaelian. Multi-Version Concordance Ishmaelite (3 Occurrences). 2 Samuel<br> 17:25 And Absalom put <b>Amasa</b> at the head of the army in place of Joab. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/ishmaelite.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/ish'maelite.htm"><span class="l">Ish'maelite (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance Ish'maelite (3 Occurrences). 2 Samuel 17:25 And<br> Absalom put <b>Amasa</b> at the head of the army in place of Joab. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/ish'maelite.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/abigail.htm"><span class="l">Abigail (18 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 16, 17). She was the mother of <b>Amasa</b> (2 Samuel 17:25). (2 <b>...</b> 2 Samuel 17:25 Absalom<br> set <b>Amasa</b> over the army instead of Joab. Now <b>Amasa</b> was <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/abigail.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jo'ab's.htm"><span class="l">Jo'ab's (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See RSV). 2 Samuel 17:25 Absalom set <b>Amasa</b> over the army instead of Joab. <b>...</b> (See RSV).<br> 2 Samuel 20:10 But <b>Amasa</b> took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jo'ab's.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/ithra.htm"><span class="l">Ithra (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ITHRA. ith'-ra (yithra', "abundance"): The father<br> of <b>Amasa</b>, commanding general in the rebel army of Absalom. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/ithra.htm - 7k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Joab-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Joab in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/David-mother.html">Does the Bible mention David's mother? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/holy-kiss.html">What exactly is a holy kiss? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Amasa (13 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/17-25.htm">2 Samuel 17:25</a></span><br />Absalom set <span class="boldtext">Amasa</span> over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/19-13.htm">2 Samuel 19:13</a></span><br />Say to <span class="boldtext">Amasa</span>,'Aren't you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren't captain of the army before me continually in the room of Joab.'"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/20-4.htm">2 Samuel 20:4</a></span><br />Then said the king to <span class="boldtext">Amasa</span>, "Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/20-5.htm">2 Samuel 20:5</a></span><br />So <span class="boldtext">Amasa</span> went to call the men of Judah together; but he stayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/20-8.htm">2 Samuel 20:8</a></span><br />When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, <span class="boldtext">Amasa</span> came to meet them. Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a sash with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/20-9.htm">2 Samuel 20:9</a></span><br />Joab said to <span class="boldtext">Amasa</span>, "Is it well with you, my brother?" Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/20-10.htm">2 Samuel 20:10</a></span><br />But <span class="boldtext">Amasa</span> took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand. So he struck him with it in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn't strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/20-11.htm">2 Samuel 20:11</a></span><br />And one of Joab's young men, taking his place at <span class="boldtext">Amasa</span>'s side, said, Whoever is for Joab and for David, let him go after Joab!<br /><span class="source">(BBE DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/20-12.htm">2 Samuel 20:12</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Amasa</span> lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. When the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him, when he saw that everyone who came by him stood still.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/2-5.htm">1 Kings 2:5</a></span><br />"Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to <span class="boldtext">Amasa</span> the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was about his waist, and in his shoes that were on his feet.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/2-32.htm">1 Kings 2:32</a></span><br />Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn't know it: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and <span class="boldtext">Amasa</span> the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-17.htm">1 Chronicles 2:17</a></span><br />Abigail bore <span class="boldtext">Amasa</span>; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-12.htm">2 Chronicles 28:12</a></span><br />Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and <span class="boldtext">Amasa</span> the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who came from the war,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/a/amasa.htm">Amasa</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/a/amasa--nephew_of_david.htm">Amasa: Nephew of David</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/a/amasa--nephew_of_david--joins_absalom.htm">Amasa: Nephew of David: Joins Absalom</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/a/amasa--nephew_of_david--returns_to_david,_and_is_made_captain_of_the_host.htm">Amasa: Nephew of David: Returns to David, and is Made Captain of the Host</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/a/amasa--nephew_of_david--sam.htm">Amasa: Nephew of David: Sam</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/a/amasa--son_of_hadlai.htm">Amasa: Son of Hadlai</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/amasai.htm">Amasai (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/amasa.htm">Amasa (13 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/a/amarna.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Amarna"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Amarna" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/a/ama'sa.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ama'sa"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ama'sa" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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