Levite who helped purify the temple
Amasai
Named in 1 verse of 2 Chronicles, first in 2 Chronicles 29:12.
עֲמָשַׂיAmasai
The name means “strong.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
- Children
- Mahath
About Amasai Written by AI
Amasai was a Levite who belonged to the family of Merari. During the reign of King Hezekiah, when the temple was being purified and restored, Amasai was one of the Levites who participated in this important task. The purification of the temple was a significant event in Hezekiah's religious reforms, as he sought to restore proper worship and eliminate idolatry in Judah.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
This entry is on the name Amasai, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.
Burdensome. (1.) A Levite, son of Elkanah, of the ancestry of Samuel (1 Chr. 6:25, 35).
(2.) The leader of a body of men who joined David in the “stronghold,” probably of Adullam (1 Chr. 12:18).
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(3.) One of the priests appointed to precede the ark with blowing of trumpets on its removal from the house of Obed-edom (1 Chr. 15:24).
(4.) The father of a Levite, one of the two Kohathites who took a prominent part at the instance of Hezekiah in the cleansing of the temple (2 Chr. 29:12).
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.
Where the Bible names him
- 2 Chronicles 29:12
Then the Levites set to work: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohathites; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merarites; Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershonites;
From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.