Person of Interest

    Amasa

    meaning: sparing the people

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Dictionary Summary:The son of Abigail, a sister of king David ([1 Chr. 2:17](/1chr#1Chr.2.17); [2 Sam. 17:25](/2sam#2Sam.17.25)). He was appointed by David to command the army in room of his cousin Joab ([2 Sam. 19:13](/2sam#2Sam.19.13)), who afterwards treacherously put him to death as a dangerous rival ([2 Sam. 20:4-12](/2sam#2Sam.20.4)). 2


Father

    Jether

    meaning: he that excels

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Mother

    Abigail

    meaning: the father's joy

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Cross References
BookCross-References
2Sam
    17.25 19.13 20.4 20.5 20.8 20.9 20.10 20.12 
1Kgs
    2.5 2.32 
1Chr
    2.17 

Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

      1

      Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

      2

      M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

      3

      Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.