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<p> '''''a''''' -'''''mā´sı̄''''' ( עמשׂי , <i> '''''‛ămāsay''''' </i> , perhaps rather to be read עמּשׁי , <i> '''''‛ammishay''''' </i> ; so Wellhausen, <i> IJG </i> , II, 24, n.2): </p> <p> (1) A name in the genealogy of Kohath, son of Elkanah, a [[Levite]] of the [[Kohathite]] family (compare 1 Chronicles 6:25; 2 Chronicles 29:12 ). </p> <p> (2) [[Chief]] of the captains who met [[David]] at [[Ziklag]] and tendered him their allegiance. Some have identified him with [[Amasa]] and others with Abishai, who is called Abshai in 1 Chronicles 11:20 m (compare 1 Chronicles 18:12 ). The difficulty is that neither Amasa nor [[Abishai]] occupied the rank of the chief of thirty according to the lists in 2 Sam 23 and 1 Ch 11, the rank to which David is supposed to have appointed into (compare 1 Chronicles 12:18 ). </p> <p> (3) One of the trumpet-blowing priests who greeted David when he brought back the Ark of the [[Covenant]] (compare 1 Chronicles 15:24 ). </p> | |||
<p> '''''a''''' -'''''mā´sı̄''''' ( עמשׂי , <i> '''''‛ămāsay''''' </i> , perhaps rather to be read עמּשׁי , <i> '''''‛ammishay''''' </i> ; so Wellhausen, <i> IJG </i> , II, 24, n.2): </p> <p> (1) A name in the genealogy of Kohath, son of Elkanah, a Levite of the Kohathite family (compare 1 Chronicles 6:25; 2 Chronicles 29:12 ). </p> <p> (2) Chief of the captains who met David at Ziklag and tendered him their allegiance. Some have identified him with Amasa and others with Abishai, who is called Abshai in 1 Chronicles 11:20 m (compare 1 Chronicles 18:12 ). The difficulty is that neither Amasa nor Abishai occupied the rank of the chief of thirty according to the lists in 2 Sam 23 and 1 Ch 11, the rank to which David is supposed to have appointed into (compare 1 Chronicles 12:18 ). </p> <p> (3) One of the trumpet-blowing priests who greeted David when he brought back the Ark of the Covenant (compare 1 Chronicles 15:24 ). </p | |||
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a -mā´sı̄ ( עמשׂי , ‛ămāsay , perhaps rather to be read עמּשׁי , ‛ammishay ; so Wellhausen, IJG , II, 24, n.2):
(1) A name in the genealogy of Kohath, son of Elkanah, a Levite of the Kohathite family (compare 1 Chronicles 6:25; 2 Chronicles 29:12 ).
(2) Chief of the captains who met David at Ziklag and tendered him their allegiance. Some have identified him with Amasa and others with Abishai, who is called Abshai in 1 Chronicles 11:20 m (compare 1 Chronicles 18:12 ). The difficulty is that neither Amasa nor Abishai occupied the rank of the chief of thirty according to the lists in 2 Sam 23 and 1 Ch 11, the rank to which David is supposed to have appointed into (compare 1 Chronicles 12:18 ).
(3) One of the trumpet-blowing priests who greeted David when he brought back the Ark of the Covenant (compare 1 Chronicles 15:24 ).
