1 Chronicles 2:17 BSB

1 Chronicles 2:17

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

BSB

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ASV

And Abigail bare Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

KJV

And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The presumption is in favor of the reading followed by the Septuagint, which calls him "Jetra the Jezreelite." The circumstance of his settling in another tribe, or of a woman marrying out of her own tribe, was sufficiently rare and singular to call for the statement that Abigail was married to a man of Jezreel.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִל	va.'a.vi.Ga.yil	and Abigail	H26 →
יָלְדָ֖ה	Yal.dah	she bore	H3205 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֲמָשָׂ֑א	'a.ma.Sa'	Amasa	H6021 →
וַאֲבִ֣י	va.'a.Vi	and [the] father of	H1 →
עֲמָשָׂ֔א	'a.ma.Sa'	Amasa	H6021 →
יֶ֖תֶר	Ye.ter	Jether	H3500 →
הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִֽי׃	hai.yish.me.'e.Li	the Ishmaelite	H3459 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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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…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 3:27
  When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the…
- 2 Samuel 20:10
  Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him…
Through
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…
leads to
- Judges 9:24
  in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him…
Through
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…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 19:13
  And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
- 1 Chronicles 2:13
  Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,
Through
2 Samuel 19:13
And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
leads to
- 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…
- 2 Samuel 8:16
  Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
- Ruth 1:17
  Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”

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