25 And Absalom made (A)Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab. This Amasa was the son of a man whose name was [a]Jithra, an [b]Israelite, who had gone in to (B)Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 17:25 Jether, 1 Chr. 2:17
  2. 2 Samuel 17:25 So with MT, some LXX mss., Tg.; some LXX mss. Ishmaelite (cf. 1 Chr. 2:17); Vg. of Jezrael

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