Verse 25

And Absalom{H53} made{H7760}{(H8804)} Amasa{H6021} captain of the host{H6635} instead of Joab{H3097}: which Amasa{H6021} was a man's{H376} son{H1121}, whose name{H8034} was Ithra{H3501} an Israelite{H3481}, that went in{H935}{(H8804)} to Abigail{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}{(H8799)} ye to Amasa{H6021}, Art thou not of my bone{H6106}, and of my flesh{H1320}? God{H430} do{H6213}{(H8799)} so to me, and more{H3254}{(H8686)} 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}{(H8799)} to Amasa{H6021}, Art thou in health{H7965}, my brother{H251}? And Joab{H3097} took{H270}{(H8799)} Amasa{H6021} by the beard{H2206} with the right{H3225} hand{H3027} to kiss{H5401}{(H8800)} him. 10 But Amasa{H6021} took no heed{H8104}{(H8738)} to the sword{H2719} that was in Joab's{H3097} hand{H3027}: so he smote{H5221}{(H8686)} him therewith in the fifth{H2570} rib, and shed out{H8210}{(H8799)} his bowels{H4578} to the ground{H776}, and struck him not again{H8138}{(H8804)}; and he died{H4191}{(H8799)}. So Joab{H3097} and Abishai{H52} his brother{H251} pursued{H7291}{(H8804)} after{H310} Sheba{H7652} the son{H1121} of Bichri{H1075}. 11 And one{H376} of Joab's{H3097} men{H5288} stood{H5975}{(H8804)} by him, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, He{H4310} that favoureth{H2654}{(H8804)} Joab{H3097}, and he that is for David{H1732}, let him go after{H310} Joab{H3097}. 12 And Amasa{H6021} wallowed{H1556}{(H8706)} in blood{H1818} in the midst{H8432} of the highway{H4546}. And when the man{H376} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} that all the people{H5971} stood still{H5975}{(H8804)}, he removed{H5437}{(H8686)} Amasa{H6021} out of the highway{H4546} into the field{H7704}, and cast{H7993}{(H8686)} a cloth{H899} upon him, when he saw{H7200}{(H8804)} that every one that came{H935}{(H8802)} by him stood still{H5975}{(H8804)}.
  • 1 Chr 2:13 : 13 And Jesse{H3448} begat{H3205}{(H8689)} his firstborn{H1060} Eliab{H446}, and Abinadab{H41} the second{H8145}, and Shimma{H8092} the third{H7992},
  • 1 Chr 2:16-17 : 16 Whose 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}{(H8804)} Amasa{H6021}: and the father{H1} of Amasa{H6021} was Jether{H3500} the Ishmeelite{H3459}.
  • 1 Kgs 2:5 : 5 Moreover thou knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} also what Joab{H3097} the son{H1121} of Zeruiah{H6870} did{H6213}{(H8804)} to me, and what he did{H6213}{(H8804)} 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}{(H8799)}, and shed{H7760}{(H8799)} the blood{H1818} of war{H4421} in peace{H7965}, and put{H5414}{(H8799)} 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 the LORD{H3068} shall return{H7725}{(H8689)} his blood{H1818} upon his own head{H7218}, who fell{H6293}{(H8804)} upon two{H8147} men{H582} more righteous{H6662} and better{H2896} than he, and slew{H2026}{(H8799)} them with the sword{H2719}, my father{H1} David{H1732} not knowing{H3045}{(H8804)} thereof, 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}{(H8799)} the king{H4428} to Amasa{H6021}, Assemble{H2199}{(H8685)} me the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} within three{H7969} days{H3117}, and be thou here present{H5975}{(H8798)}.