25 Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra,1 the Ishmaelite2 who had married Abigail,3 the daughter of Nahash4 and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
1 Ithra is a variant of Jether; see 1 Kings 2:5.
2 Some LXX manuscripts (see also 1 Chronicles 2:17); MT and other LXX manuscripts Israelite
3 Or Abigal, a variant of Abigail
4 Or of Jesse; see DSS and 1 Chronicles 2:13–16
Backlinks: [1 Chronicles 2:17, 1 Kings 2:5]