Amasai, Or Amasai

(burdensome)

• A Kohathite, father of Mahath and ancestor of Samuel (1 Chronicles 6:25,35)

• Chief of the captains of Judah and Benjamin, who deserted to David while an outlaw at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:18) (B.C. 1060.)

• One of the priests who blew trumpets before the ark. (1 Chronicles 15:24)

• Another Kohathite, in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 29:12)

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 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 (2 Chr. 29:12).