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1 Chronicles 2:17

AbigailAmasaJether

15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:

16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.

18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.

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BSB
Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.
KJV
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
WEB
Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
ASV
And Abigail bare Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
DARBY
And Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
BLB
And Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa [was] Jether the Ishmaelite.
ÅB
Og Abiga'il fødte Amasa, og Amasas far var ismaelitten Jeter.
OTB
Abiga'il var mor til Amasa,
og Amasas far var Jeter, ismaelitten.
B1930
Og Abiga'il fødte Amasa, og Amasas far var ismaelitten Jeter.

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  • 2 Samuel 17:25

    And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.

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  • 2 Samuel 20:4–12

    Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.

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  • 2 Samuel 19:13

    And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

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  • 1 Kings 2:5

    Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

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  • 1 Kings 2:32

    And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

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