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1. Amasa

   Amasa (עמשא) or Amessai is a person mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. His mother was Abigail (2 Samuel 17:25), a sister of King David (1 Chronicles 2:16,17). 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" (2 Samuel 19:13). Amasa's father was Jether (1 Kings 2:5,32, 1 Chronicles 2:17) who was also called Ithra (2 Samuel 17:25). When Absalom rebelled against David and won over the tribes of Israel (2 Samuel 15), he appointed Amasa as commander over the army, in effect replacing Joab, who had served as commander for David. After the revolt was crushed and Absalom died (2 Samuel 18:1–17), David was invited back to Jerusalem and restored as king. David re-appointed Amasa "from now on" as his military commander (2 Samuel 19:13) in place of Joab. The New International Version translates the Hebrew text as commander "for life".David's appointment of Amasa has been interpreted as "a bold stroke of policy, to promise the post of commander-in chief to the general of the rebel army".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 Kgs 2:5,32). Joab's own justification for killing Amasa may have been because he believed Amasa to be conspiring with Sheba son of Bichri the Benjamite, due to Amasa's slowness to mobilize the army against Sheba's rebels (2 Sam 20:4,5).

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1. Amasa

   Amasa is a person in the Hebrew Bible. He was the son of Abigail, who was sister to King David 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. He appointed Amasa over the army, in effect replacing Joab, who had been general for Absalom's father David. After the revolt was crushed, David held out an olive branch to Amasa by offering to appoint Amasa as his new army commander. 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. So it was not difficult for Joab to also decide to murder Amasa. Joab's own justification for killing Amasa may have been because he believed Amasa to be conspiring with Sheba the Benjamite, due to Amasa's slowness to mobilize the army against Sheba's rebels.

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1. amasa

   1. Second chance 2. Procrastinator

   Amasa was appointed captain of King David's Army twice. The second time he procrastinated & was killed.

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Amasa in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Amasa in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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