2 Samuel 17:24-26
Legacy Standard Bible
24 Now David came to (A)Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. 25 And Absalom set (B)Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was [a]Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of (C)Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother. 26 And Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
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- 2 Samuel 17:25 In 1 Chr 2:17, Jether the Ishmaelite
2 Samuel 17:24-26
Evangelical Heritage Version
24 David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed over the Jordan with all the men of Israel. 25 Absalom had put Amasa in command of the army instead of Joab. (Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, an Ishmaelite[a] who had gone to Abigal,[b] the daughter of Nahash, the sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab.)
26 Israel and Absalom set up camp in the land of Gilead.
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- 2 Samuel 17:25 The translation follows the parallel reading from 1 Chronicles 2:17, where this man is called Jether the Ishmaelite. The Hebrew text in 2 Samuel 17:25 reads Ithra the Israelite.
- 2 Samuel 17:25 Also called Abigail
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