25 Absalom had appointed Amasa(A) over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of Jether,[a](B) an Ishmaelite[b] who had married Abigail,[c] the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 17:25 Hebrew Ithra, a variant of Jether
  2. 2 Samuel 17:25 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 2:17); Hebrew and other Septuagint manuscripts Israelite
  3. 2 Samuel 17:25 Hebrew Abigal, a variant of Abigail

25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

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16 Their sisters were Zeruiah(A) and Abigail. Zeruiah’s(B) three sons were Abishai, Joab(C) and Asahel.

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16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

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17 Abigail was the mother of Amasa,(A) whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

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17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.

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