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AMASA.—1. The son of Ithra an Ishmaelite, and of Abigail the sister of king David. He commanded the army of the rebel Absalom (2Sa_17:25); but was completely routed by Joab in the forest of Ephraim (2Sa_18:6-8). David not only pardoned him, but gave him the command of the army in place of Joab (2Sa_19:13). He was treacherously slain by Joab at ‘the great stone of Gibeon’ (2Sa_20:9-12). 2. An Ephraimite who opposed the bringing into Samaria of the Jewish prisoners, whom Pekah, king of Israel, had taken in his campaign against Ahaz (2Ch_28:12).