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Amasa (ăm'a-sah), burden. 1. A kinsman of David, and chief captain in Absalom's rebel army. David pardoned Amasa, but he was assassinated by Joab. 2 Samuel 17:25; 2 Samuel 19:13; 2 Samuel 20:9-10; 1 Chronicles 2:17. 2. A descendant of Ephraim. 2 Chronicles 28:1-27 :

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Amasa'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​a/amasa.html. 1893.
 
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