Amasai
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). (
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)