Cross references

1 Chronicles 2:17

Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

1 Chronicles 2:17 BSB
  1. a Jether is a variant of Ithra; see 2 Samuel 17:25.

1 Chronicles 2:17 has 5 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Samuel 17:25 (7 votes) and 2 Samuel 19:13 (2 votes). 6 other verses point back to it. It links with 3 other books, from Genesis 46 to 1 Chronicles 12.

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  1. Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

  2. And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from now on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

  3. Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.” So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him. …

  4. Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.

  5. The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

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