1 Chronicles 12:18 -

The response of the band, by the mouth of Amasai was worthy of the character of the appeal that David made, both in its heartiness and its high tone. Amasai. Possibly the same with Amasa ( 1 Chronicles 2:17 ), the son of Abigail (David's sister), wife of Jether ( 2 Samuel 17:25 ; 2 Samuel 18:6 ; 2 Samuel 19:13 ; 2 Samuel 20:10 ). Ewald discusses this point ('Genesis Int.,' 2:544). He was made captain of the host by Absalom, afterwards by David, and Joab put an end to his life. The Spirit (see Numbers 11:26 ; Nehemiah 9:30 ). The more literal translation of the verb came upon is clothed. Most interesting and instructive is the subject of the gradually developing manifestation of the agency of the eternal Spirit from the beginning of the world. Through the ascending illustrations of his natural work in creation ( Genesis 1:2 ), his relation to human bodily life ( Genesis 2:7 ; Job 27:3 ), his intellectual work of various kinds ( Genesis 41:38 ; Exodus 28:3 ; Numbers 24:2 ; 9:29 ), we are led on to his highest spiritual functions.