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23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

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.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 17:25 In 1 Chr. 2:17, Jether the Ishmaelite.
  2. 2 Samuel 17:25 In 1 Chr. 2:16, 17, Abigail