KJV King James Version
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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2 Samuel 17:25
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
ASV American Standard Version
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 Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Amasa hath Absalom set instead of Joab over the host, and Amasa is a man’s son whose name is Ithra the Israelite who hath gone in unto Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab;
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 17
22 Then David arose, and all the people that [were] with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled [his] ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
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.
26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched [corn], and beans, and lentiles, and parched [pulse],
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וְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עֲמָשָׂ֗אH6021 · a.ma.saAmasaשָׂ֧םH7760 · sumto set: makeאַבְשָׁלֹ֛םH53 · a.vi.sha.lomAbsalomתַּ֥חַתH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underיוֹאָ֖בH3097 · yo.avJoabעַל־H5921 · aluponהַצָּבָ֑אH6635 · tsa.vaarmyוַעֲמָשָׂ֣אH6021 · a.ma.saAmasaבֶן־H1121 · benson: childאִ֗ישׁH376 · ishmanוּשְׁמוֹ֙H8034 · shemnameיִתְרָ֣אH3501 · yit.raIthraהַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִ֔יH3481 · yis.r.e.liIshmaeliteאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichבָּא֙H935 · boto come (in): comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אֲבִיגַ֣לH26 · a.vi.ga.yilAbigailבַּת־H1323 · batdaughterנָחָ֔שׁH5176 · na.chashNahashאֲח֥וֹתH269 · a.chotsisterצְרוּיָ֖הH6870 · tse.ru.yahZeruiahאֵ֥םH517 · emmotherיוֹאָֽב׃H3097 · yo.avJoab
Cross-references
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 Chronicles 2:13And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,2 Samuel 20:9-12And Joab said to Amasa, [Art] thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.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.2 Samuel 20:4Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.1 Chronicles 2:16-17Whose sisters [were] Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.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.
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