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24 David had reached Mahanaim by the time Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. 25 Now Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. (Now Amasa was son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite[a], who had gone to Abigal daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.) 26 Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.

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  1. 2 Samuel 17:25 1 Chronicles 2:17 says Jether was an “Ishmaelite,” while 2 Samuel 17:25 states he was an “Israelite.” The “Ishmaelite” reading is preferred. 2 Samuel makes a point of his being grafted in to the Israelite community, thus the reference.