Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
Parallel translations
- WEB Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
- KJV And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
- BSB Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.
- NASB Abigail gave birth to Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
- NLT Abigail married a man named Jether, an Ishmaelite, and they had a son named Amasa.
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Quick answer
Abigail, a kinswoman of David, bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite. It places this military figure within the larger family of Judah.
Overview
This concludes a brief list connected to the line of Jesse, naming Amasa, who later served as a commander under both Absalom and David (2 Samuel 17:25; 19:13). Noting Jether as an Ishmaelite reminds us that outsiders were woven into Israel's story even at this level. The Chronicler's careful genealogies trace God's ordering of families through which He would ultimately bring the Messiah from Judah.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 2 Sam 17:25Absalom 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.
- 1 Kgs 2:5“Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was around his waist, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
- 2 Sam 19:13Say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren’t captain of the army before me continually instead of Joab.’”
- 1 Kgs 2:32Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn’t know it: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.
- 2 Sam 20:4–12Then the king said to Amasa, “Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present.”
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