2 Samuel 20:4

New English Translation

Then the king said to Amasa, “Call the men of Judah together for me in three days, and you be present here with them too.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:25

Absalom had made Amasa general in command of the army in place of Joab. (Now Amasa was the son of an Israelite man named Jether, who had married Abigail the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.)

2 Samuel 19:13

Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my flesh and blood? God will punish me severely, if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

2 Samuel 19:14

He won over the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man. Then they sent word to the king saying, “Return, you and all your servants as well.”

1 Chronicles 2:17

Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.