2 Samuel 17:25

Good News Translation

Absalom had put Amasa in command of the army in the place of Joab. Amasa was the son of Jether the Ishmaelite; his mother was Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Joab's mother Zeruiah.)

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:26

Absalom and his men camped in the land of Gilead.

2 Samuel 19:13

David also told them to say to Amasa, “You are my relative. From now on I am putting you in charge of the army in place of Joab. May God strike me dead if I don't!”

2 Samuel 19:14

David's words won the complete loyalty of all the men of Judah, and they sent him word to return with all his officials.

2 Samuel 20:4

The king said to Amasa, “Call the men of Judah together and be back here with them by the day after tomorrow.”

1 Kings 2:28

Joab heard what had happened. (He had supported Adonijah, but not Absalom.) So he fled to the Tent of the Lord's presence and took hold of the corners of the altar.

1 Kings 2:32

The Lord will punish Joab for those murders, which he committed without my father David's knowledge. Joab killed two innocent men who were better men than he: Abner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa, commander of the army of Judah.

1 Kings 2:5

“There is something else. You remember what Joab did to me by killing the two commanders of Israel's armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. You remember how he murdered them in time of peace as revenge for deaths they had caused in time of war. He killed innocent men, and now I bear the responsibility for what he did, and I suffer the consequences.

1 Chronicles 12:19

Some soldiers from the tribe of Manasseh went over to David's side when he was marching out with the Philistines to fight King Saul. Actually he did not help the Philistines, for their kings were afraid that he would betray them to his former master Saul, so they sent him back to Ziklag.

1 Chronicles 2:13

Jesse had seven sons. In order of age they were: Eliab, Abinadab, Shammah,