²⁵ The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? He does so^[a] to defy Israel. But the king will make the man who can strike him down very wealthy! He will give him his daughter in marriage, and he will make his father’s house exempt from tax obligations in Israel.”

¹⁷ Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.