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1 Chronicles 2:17

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

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

1 Chronicles 2:17 — KJV

Theological / Devotional

Amasa. The general of Absalom (2 Sam. 17:25). Amasa was David’s nephew (2 Sam. 19:13). Hence Joab the son of Zeruiah (1 Chron. 2:16; 2 Sam. 2:18 ; 17:25) and Amasa were cousins.

Jether the Ishmaite elite. Called, “Ithra an Israelite” (2 Sam. 17:25).

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