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2 Samuel 17:24-26
Expanded Bible
2 Samuel 17:24-26
Expanded Bible
War Between David and Absalom
24 David arrived at Mahanaim. And Absalom and all ·his Israelites [L the men/army of Israel] crossed over the Jordan River. 25 Absalom had made Amasa ·captain [commander; head] of the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named ·Jether [or Ithra] the Ishmaelite.[a] Amasa’s mother was Abigail daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother. 26 Absalom and the Israelites camped in the land of Gilead.
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- 2 Samuel 17:25 Ishmaelite This is in agreement with 1 Chr. 2:17. Hebrew copies read “Israelite.”
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