This document is about Amasa (Son_of_Hadlai). For other homonyms, please refer to the Amasa document. Amasa was one of the prominent figures of the tribe of Ephraim who, when Pekah, king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, invaded the Southern Kingdom of Judah and returned with 200,000 captives, stood against it and requested their return.
2 Chronicles 28:5For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers.2 Chronicles 28:6Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king’s son, Azrikam the ruler of the house, and Elkanah who was next to the king.2 Chronicles 28:7The children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand women, sons, and daughters, and also took away much plunder from them, and brought the plunder to Samaria.2 Chronicles 28:8But a prophet of Yahweh was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria, and said to them, “Behold, because Yahweh, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage which has reached up to heaven.2 Chronicles 28:9Now you intend to degrade the children of Judah and Jerusalem as male and female slaves for yourselves. Aren’t there even with you trespasses of your own against Yahweh your God?2 Chronicles 28:10Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives that you have taken captive from your brothers, for the fierce wrath of Yahweh is on you.”2 Chronicles 28:11Then some of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who came from the war,2 Chronicles 28:12and said to them, “You must not bring in the captives here, for you intend that which will bring on us a trespass against Yahweh, to add to our sins and to our guilt; for our guilt is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.”2 Chronicles 28:13So the armed men left the captives and the plunder before the princes and all the assembly.2 Chronicles 28:14The men who have been mentioned by name rose up and took the captives, and with the plunder clothed all who were naked among them, dressed them, gave them sandals, and gave them something to eat and to drink, anointed them, carried all the feeble of them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.2 Chronicles 28:15At that time king Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him.