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2 Samuel 17:25

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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.

And Absalom {H53} made {H7760} Amasa {H6021} captain of the host {H6635} instead of Joab {H3097}: which Amasa {H6021} was a man's {H376} son {H1121}, whose name {H8034} was Ithra {H3501} an Israelite {H3481}, that went in {H935} to Abigail {H26} the daughter {H1323} of Nahash {H5176}, sister {H269} to Zeruiah {H6870} Joab's {H3097} mother {H517}.

Avshalom had put 'Amasa in charge of the army in place of Yo'av. 'Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Yitra the Isra'eli, who had had sexual relations with Avigal the daughter of Nachash, Tz'ruyah's sister and Yo'av's mother.

Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

And Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

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  • 2 Samuel 19:13 (5 votes)

    And say ye to Amasa, [Art] thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:13 (5 votes)

    And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

  • 2 Samuel 20:9 (4 votes)

    And Joab said to Amasa, [Art] thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

  • 2 Samuel 20:12 (4 votes)

    And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

  • 2 Samuel 20:4 (3 votes)

    ¶ Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.

  • 1 Kings 2:5 (3 votes)

    Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, [and] what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that [was] about his loins, and in his shoes that [were] on his feet.

  • 1 Kings 2:32 (3 votes)

    And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing [thereof, to wit], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.