And Absalom made Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.
And the multitude of those who believed was of one heart and of one soul: neither did any of them say that any of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things in common.
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.