25 And Absalom made (A)Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab. This Amasa was the son of a man whose name was [a]Jithra, an [b]Israelite, who had gone in to (B)Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

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  1. 2 Samuel 17:25 Jether, 1 Chr. 2:17
  2. 2 Samuel 17:25 So with MT, some LXX mss., Tg.; some LXX mss. Ishmaelite (cf. 1 Chr. 2:17); Vg. of Jezrael

25 Absalom had appointed Amasa(A) over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of Jether,[a](B) an Ishmaelite[b] who had married Abigail,[c] the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

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  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

13 (A)And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? (B)God do so to me, and more also, if you are not commander of the army before me [a]continually in place of Joab.’ ”

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  1. 2 Samuel 19:13 permanently

13 And say to Amasa,(A) ‘Are you not my own flesh and blood?(B) May God deal with me, be it ever so severely,(C) if you are not the commander of my army for life in place of Joab.(D)’”

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