2 Samuel 17:24-26
Authorized (King James) Version
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.
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2 Samuel 17:24-26
American Standard Version
24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. 25 And Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was [a]Ithra the Israelite, that went in to [b]Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother. 26 And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
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- 2 Samuel 17:25 In 1 Chr. 2:17, Jether the Ishmaelite.
- 2 Samuel 17:25 In 1 Chr. 2:16, 17, Abigail
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