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| - Amasa - burden.
* A son of Abigail (2 Sam 17:25), who was sister to King David (1 Chr 2:16,17) and Zeruiah, the mother of Joab. Hence, Amasa was a nephew to David, a cousin to Joab, as well as a cousin to Absalom. Absalom, David's mutinous son, revolted and won over the tribes of Israel (2 Sam 15). He appointed Amasa over the army, in effect replacing Joab, who had been general for his father David.
* A son of Hadlai, and one of the leaders of Ephraim (2 Chr 28:12) during the reign of the evil King Ahaz (2 Chr 28:1-4).
- Amasa was David's nephew, the son of Abigail, who was David's sister. He was also a cousin to Joab, the commander of David's army. <default>Amasa</default> Genealogical Life-span Sibling(s) Parents Spouse Offspring Political Social class Occupation Cultural Nationality Ethnicity Religion Spoke Race Appearance Amasa was the one who convinced all the leaders of Judah to take back David as their king after the revolt of Absalom.
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| - Amasa was David's nephew, the son of Abigail, who was David's sister. He was also a cousin to Joab, the commander of David's army. <default>Amasa</default> Genealogical Life-span Sibling(s) Parents Spouse Offspring Political Social class Occupation Cultural Nationality Ethnicity Religion Spoke Race Appearance Absalom appointed Amasa as commander of his rebel army, when he rebelled against David. After David's army defeated the rebel forces, and Absalom was killed by Joab, David forgave Amasa and appointed him commander of his army. When David sent Amasa to mobilize the troops to chase after Sheba, he met up with Joab and Abishai, who were leading the king's bodyguard on the same mission. Amasa and Joab went to greet each other, but Joab pulled out a dagger and killed Amasa. Amasa was the one who convinced all the leaders of Judah to take back David as their king after the revolt of Absalom.
- Amasa - burden.
* A son of Abigail (2 Sam 17:25), who was sister to King David (1 Chr 2:16,17) and Zeruiah, the mother of Joab. Hence, Amasa was a nephew to David, a cousin to Joab, as well as a cousin to Absalom. Absalom, David's mutinous son, revolted and won over the tribes of Israel (2 Sam 15). He appointed Amasa over the army, in effect replacing Joab, who had been general for his father David. After the revolt was crushed, David held out an olive branch to Amasa (in a likely effort to appease and reunite Judah with the other 10 tribes of Israel) by offering to appoint Amasa as his new army commander (2 Sam 19:13). While being fiercely loyal to David, Joab was also suspicious of any potential rivals for Joab's power or threats to David's kingdom, and had no qualms about taking the lives of any who might stand in his way (E.G., Abner: 2 Sam 3:27, and Absalom: 2 Sam 18:14). So it was not difficult for Joab to also decide to murder Amasa (2 Sam 20:10, 1 Kin 2:5,32).
* A son of Hadlai, and one of the leaders of Ephraim (2 Chr 28:12) during the reign of the evil King Ahaz (2 Chr 28:1-4).
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