Bible Strands
Amasai
the name means burdensome Strong's Lexicon
Amasai, a Levite of the sons of Merari, helped purify the temple during the reign of King Hezekiah.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Burdensome. (1.) A Levite, son of Elkanah, of the ancestry of Samuel (1 Chr. 6:25, 35).
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
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Children
Mahath
From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.
First named at 2 Chronicles 29:12.
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Verses that name Amasai
- 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;