Jether

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. Son of Gideon, "was afraid" to kill the Midianite kingsJudges 8:20
• 2. An Ishmaelite who married David's sister1 Kings 2:51 Kings 2:321 Chronicles 2:17
• Called ITHRA2 Samuel 17:25
• 3. A son of Jada1 Chronicles 2:32
• 4. A son of Ezra1 Chronicles 4:17
• 5. A chief of the line of Asher1 Chronicles 7:38

The passages, in Bible order (8)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 8 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Judges 8:20

   So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.

   ›Commentary on Judges 8:202 voices

   “And he said unto Jether, his firstborn, up, and slay them,....

   “He said unto Jether his first-born - By the ancient laws of war, prisoners taken in war might be either slain, sold, or kept for slaves. To put a captive enemy to death no executioner was required. Gideon slays Zebah and Zalmunna with his own hand. So Samuel is said to have hewn Agag in pieces, 1Sa 15:33. Benaiah slew Joab, 1Ki 2:25. Saul orders his guards to slay the priests who had contributed to the escape of David, 1Sa 22:17; and David caused one of his attendants to slay the Amalekite who pretended to have slain Saul, 2Sa 1:15.

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2. 2 Samuel 17:25

   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.

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 17:252 voices

   “Ithra an Israelite - Or “Jether the Ishmeelite” 1Ch 2:17. “Ithra” and “Jether” are practically the same names. “Israelite” in the text is wrong. It should be either “Ishmaelite” or “Jezreelite” 2Sa 3:2. Abigail the daughter of Nahash - If Zeruiah and Abigail were Jesse’s daughters, the only probable way of reconciling our text with 1Ch 2:16-17, is to suppose that Nahash was Jesse’s wife. If Zeruiah and Abigail were only sisters of David by the mother, then Nahash might be the name of her first husband.

   “And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab,....

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3. 1 Kings 2:5

   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.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 2:52 voices

   “[David] orders Solomon to punish [Joab], not out of viciousness or hatred for him but because he knew that he was wicked and that, if he had acted with hostility against him who was a mature man, he would act even worse against a young …

   “Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did unto me,....

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4. 1 Kings 2:32

   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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   “And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head,....

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5. 1 Chronicles 2:17

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

   ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 2:172 voices

   “And Abigail bare Amasa,.... Who was Absalom's general, afterwards reconciled to David, and designed to be made general of his army, but was slain by Joab, see 2Sa 17:25, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite; he is called an Israelite, 2Sa 17:25, and so in the Targum here, he being either a proselyte, or else he was an Israelite by birth, but called an Ishmaelite, because he had dwelt among the Ishmaelites some time, as Obededom is called the Gittite for the like reason; so Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it.

   “Jether the Ishmeelite - “They called him Jether, because he girded himself with his sword, that he might assist David with the Arabians, when Abner was endeavoring to destroy David and the whole race of Jesse, as being unfit to enter into the congregation of the Lord, on account of Ruth the Moabitess.” - T.

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6. 1 Chronicles 2:32

   The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.

   ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 2:321 voice

   “And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai,.... 1Ch 2:28, Jether and Jonathan: and Jether died without children; the posterity of Jonathan are given the next verse.

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7. 1 Chronicles 4:17

   The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.

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   “And the sons of Ezra,....

   “She bare Miriam - Rather, “she conceived.” The mother is not mentioned, and it seems impossible to restore the original text with any certainty.

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8. 1 Chronicles 7:38

   The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.

   ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 7:381 voice

   “And the sons of Jether,.... The same with Ithran, the last of Zophah's sons but one, 1Ch 7:37, Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara; not Jephunneh the father of Caleb; he was not of the tribe of Asher, but of Judah.

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