2 Samuel 17:25

Bible in Basic English 1965

And Absalom put Amasa at the head of the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had been the lover of Abigail, the daughter of Jesse, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:26

And Israel and Absalom put up their tents in the land of Gilead.

2 Samuel 19:13

And say to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God's punishment be on me, if I do not make you chief of the army before me at all times in place of Joab!

2 Samuel 19:14

And the hearts of the men of Judah were moved like one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, Come back, with all your servants.

2 Samuel 20:4

Then the king said to Amasa, Get all the men of Judah together, and in three days be here yourself.

1 Kings 2:28

And news of this came to Joab; for Joab had been one of Adonijah's supporters, though he had not been on Absalom's side. Then Joab went in flight to the Tent of the Lord, and put his hands on the horns of the altar.

1 Kings 2:32

And the Lord will send back his blood on his head, because of the attack he made on two men more upright and better than himself, putting them to the sword without my father's knowledge; even Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

1 Kings 2:5

Now you have knowledge of what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me, and to the two captains of the army of Israel, Abner, the son of Ner, and Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he put to death, taking payment for the blood of war in time of peace, and making the band of my clothing and the shoes on my feet red with the blood of one put to death without cause.

1 Chronicles 12:19

And some of the men of Manasseh came over to David, when he went with the Philistines to the war against Saul, but he gave them no help: for the lords of the Philistines, after discussion, sent him away, saying, He will go back to his master Saul, at the price of our lives.

1 Chronicles 2:13

And Jesse was the father of Eliab, his oldest son, and Abinadab, the second, and Shimea, the third,