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25 Absalom had put Amasa in command of the army instead of Joab. (Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, an Ishmaelite[a] who had gone to Abigal,[b] the daughter of Nahash, the sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab.)

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  1. 2 Samuel 17:25 The translation follows the parallel reading from 1 Chronicles 2:17, where this man is called Jether the Ishmaelite. The Hebrew text in 2 Samuel 17:25 reads Ithra the Israelite.
  2. 2 Samuel 17:25 Also called Abigail