²⁵ Absalom set ^(A)Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was ^[a]Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of ^(B)Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

² David sent the people out, ^(A)one third under the ^[a]command of Joab, one third under the ^[b]command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and one third under the ^[c]command of ^(B)Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, “I myself will surely go out with you also.”