Verse 25

And Absalom{H53} set{H7760} Amasa{H6021} over the host{H6635} instead of Joab.{H3097} Now Amasa{H6021} was the son{H1121} of a man,{H376} whose name{H8034} was Ithra{H3501} the Israelite,{H3481} that went in{H935} to Abigal{H26} the daughter{H1323} of Nahash,{H5176} sister{H269} to Zeruiah,{H6870} Joab's{H3097} mother.{H517}

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 19:13 : 13 And say{H559} ye to Amasa,{H6021} Art thou not my bone{H6106} and my flesh?{H1320} God{H430} do{H6213} so to me, and more{H3254} also, if thou be not captain{H8269} of the host{H6635} before{H6440} me continually{H3117} in the room{H8478} of Joab.{H3097}
• 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Joab{H3097} said{H559} to Amasa,{H6021} Is it well{H7965} with thee, my brother?{H251} And Joab{H3097} took{H270} Amasa{H6021} by the beard{H2206} with his right{H3225} hand{H3027} to kiss{H5401} him. 10 But Amasa{H6021} took no heed{H8104} to the sword{H2719} that was in Joab's{H3097} hand:{H3027} so he smote{H5221} him therewith in the body,{H2570} and shed out{H8210} his bowels{H4578} to the ground,{H776} and struck him not again;{H8138} and he died.{H4191} And Joab{H3097} and Abishai{H52} his brother{H251} pursued{H7291} after{H310} Sheba{H7652} the son{H1121} of Bichri.{H1075} 11 And there stood{H5975} by him one{H376} of Joab's{H3097} young men,{H5288} and said,{H559} He{H4310} that favoreth{H2654} Joab,{H3097} and he that is for David,{H1732} let him follow{H310} Joab.{H3097} 12 And Amasa{H6021} lay wallowing{H1556} in his blood{H1818} in the midst{H8432} of the highway.{H4546} And when the man{H376} saw{H7200} that all the people{H5971} stood still,{H5975} he carried{H5437} Amasa{H6021} out of the highway{H4546} into the field,{H7704} and cast{H7993} a garment{H899} over him, when he saw{H7200} that every one that came{H935} by him stood still.{H5975}
• 1 Chr 2:13 : 13 and Jesse{H3448} begat{H3205} his first-born{H1060} Eliab,{H446} and Abinadab{H41} the second,{H8145} and Shimea{H8092} the third,{H7992}
• 1 Chr 2:16-17 : 16 and their sisters{H269} were Zeruiah{H6870} and Abigail.{H26} And the sons{H1121} of Zeruiah:{H6870} Abishai,{H52} and Joab,{H3097} and Asahel,{H6214} three.{H7969} 17 And Abigail{H26} bare{H3205} Amasa;{H6021} and the father{H1} of Amasa{H6021} was Jether{H3500} the Ishmaelite.{H3459}
• 1 Kgs 2:5 : 5 Moreover thou knowest{H3045} also what Joab{H3097} the son{H1121} of Zeruiah{H6870} did{H6213} unto me, even what he did{H6213} to the two{H8147} captains{H8269} of the hosts{H6635} of Israel,{H3478} unto Abner{H74} the son{H1121} of Ner,{H5369} and unto Amasa{H6021} the son{H1121} of Jether,{H3500} whom he slew,{H2026} and shed{H7760} the blood{H1818} of war{H4421} in peace,{H7965} and put{H5414} the blood{H1818} of war{H4421} upon his girdle{H2290} that was about his loins,{H4975} and in his shoes{H5275} that were on his feet.{H7272}
• 1 Kgs 2:32 : 32 And Jehovah{H3068} will return{H7725} his blood{H1818} upon his own head,{H7218} because he fell{H6293} upon two{H8147} men{H582} more righteous{H6662} and better{H2896} than he, and slew{H2026} them with the sword,{H2719} and my father{H1} David{H1732} knew{H3045} it not, [to wit], Abner{H74} the son{H1121} of Ner,{H5369} captain{H8269} of the host{H6635} of Israel,{H3478} and Amasa{H6021} the son{H1121} of Jether,{H3500} captain{H8269} of the host{H6635} of Judah.{H3063}
• 2 Sam 20:4 : 4 Then said{H559} the king{H4428} to Amasa,{H6021} Call{H2199} me the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} together within three{H7969} days,{H3117} and be thou here present.{H5975}