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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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  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

Absalom’s Death

24 David went to Mahanaim,(A) and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel. 25 Absalom had appointed Amasa(B) over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of Jether,[a](C) an Ishmaelite[b] who had married Abigail,[c] the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab. 26 The Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 17:25 Hebrew Ithra, a variant of Jether
  2. 2 Samuel 17:25 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 2:17); Hebrew and other Septuagint manuscripts Israelite
  3. 2 Samuel 17:25 Hebrew Abigal, a variant of Abigail