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Amasai, Or Amasai

Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

(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)

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