Amasa
Sign in to savethumb|right|180px|Woodcut by Johann Christoph Weigel depicting the death of Amasa, 1695. Amasa (עמשא) or Amessai is a person mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. His mother was Abigail (), a sister of King David (). Hence, Amasa was a nephew of David, and cousin of Joab, David's military commander, as well as a cousin of Absalom, David's son. David calls him "my bone and my flesh" (). Amasa's father was Jether (, ) who was also called Ithra (). Jether had dual-nationality, being an Ishmaelite and Israelite, although it might be a case of an assimilated Ishmaelite living in Israel.
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- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Israel
- Place of birth
- Kingdom of Israel
- Place of death
- Kingdom of Israel
- Mother
- Abigail
- Occupation
- military leader
- Languages spoken
- Paleo-Hebrew alphabet
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- manner of death
- homicide
- date of death
- 1000-00-00
- date of birth
- 1100-00-00
- Commons category
- Amasa (Biblical figure)
- present in work
- First Book of Chronicles
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
- different from
- Amasa
- cause of death
- deliberate murder
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thumb|right|180px|Woodcut by Johann Christoph Weigel depicting the death of Amasa, 1695. Amasa (עמשא) or Amessai is a person mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. His mother was Abigail (), a sister of King David (). Hence, Amasa was a nephew of David, and cousin of Joab, David's military commander, as well as a cousin of Absalom, David's son. David calls him "my bone and my flesh" (). Amasa's father was Jether (, ) who was also called Ithra (). Jether had dual-nationality, being an Ishmaelite and Israelite, although it might be a case of an assimilated Ishmaelite living in Israel.
When Absalom rebelled against David and won over the tribes of Israel (), Absalom appointed Amasa as commander over the army (), in effect replacing Joab, who had served as commander for David.
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