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AMASA

(Heb. ʿămāśāʾ)

1. Kinsman of David (2 Sam. 19:13[MT 14]) and son of either Ithra the Israelite (2 Sam. 17:25) or Jether the Ishmaelite (1 Chr. 2:17). During his rebellion against David, Absalom appointed Amasa as army commander (2 Sam. 17:25). After Absalom’s defeat, David appointed Amasa as his army commander in place of Joab (2 Sam. 19:14). Shortly thereafter, David instructed Amasa to gather the men of Judah within three days to quell an uprising, but Amasa took longer than ordered and was replaced (2 Sam. 20:1-6). Later, when Joab met Amasa near the great stone in Gibeon, he stabbed him (2 Sam. 20: 7-10), just as he had done to Abner (3:27). Because the soldiers stopped to see the slain Amasa, his corpse was removed from the road (2 Sam. 20:12). Joab then resumed his role as army commander until he was slain by Benaiah for murdering Abner and Amasa (1 Kgs. 2:5, 32).

Amasa may be the same individual as Amasai (ʿămāśay), the “chief of the thirty,” who pledged allegiance to David while he was in Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:18[19]).

2. The son of Hadlai, an Ephraimite (2 Chr. 28:12). After the Israelites under Pekah captured 200 thousand Judahites in the reign of Ahaz of Judah, the prophet Oded told the Israelite army that subjugating the Judahites would only add to their offenses against the Lord. Amasa and other Ephraimite men therefore brought the captives to their kinsmen at Jericho (2 Chr. 28:8-15).

John E. Harvey

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AMASA

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)