KJV King James Version
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa [was] Jether the Ishmeelite.
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1 Chronicles 2:17
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa [was] Jether the Ishmeelite.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.
WEB World English Bible
Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
ASV American Standard Version
And Abigail bare Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Abigail hath borne Amasa, and the father of Amasa is Jether the Ishmeelite.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 2
14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
16 Whose sisters [were] Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa [was] Jether the Ishmeelite.
18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat [children] of Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth: her sons [are] these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
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2 Samuel 17:25And 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.2 Samuel 19:13And 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 Kings 2:32And 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.2 Samuel 20:4-12Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.1 Kings 2:5Moreover 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.
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