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JPS Old Testament

1 Chronicles 2:17

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abigail;   Amasa;   Ithra;   Jesse;   Jether;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abigail;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Amasa;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abigail;   Amasa;   Chronicles, the Books of;   David;   Ithra;   Zeruiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abigail;   Amasa;   Ithra;   Jether;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Genealogy;   Ishmael;   Ithra;   Jether;   Judah;   Marriage;   Perez;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abigail ;   Amasa ;   Hezron ;   Ishmaelites, Ishmeelites ;   Jerahmeel ;   Jether ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abigail;   Amasa;   David;   Ishmael;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ab'igail;   Ish'me-Elite,;   Is'raelite;   Ith'ra;   Je'ther;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abigail;   Amasa;   Ithra;   Jether;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Amasa;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abigail;   Amasa;   Ammon, Ammonites;   Marriage;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Amasa’s mother was Abigail, and his father was Jether the Ishmaelite.
Hebrew Names Version
Avigayil bore `Amasa; and the father of `Amasa was Yeter the Yishme`elite.
King James Version
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
English Standard Version
Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
New Century Version
Abigail was the mother of Amasa, and his father was Jether, an Ishmaelite.
New English Translation
Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.
Amplified Bible
Abigail gave birth to Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
New American Standard Bible
Abigail gave birth to Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
World English Bible
Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Iether an Ishmeelite.
Legacy Standard Bible
Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
Berean Standard Bible
Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.
Contemporary English Version
Abigail's husband was Jether, who was a descendant of Ishmael, and their son was Amasa.
Complete Jewish Bible
Avigayil was the mother of ‘Amasa; the father of ‘Amasa was Yeter the Yishma‘eli.
Darby Translation
And Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
Easy-to-Read Version
Abigail was Amasa's mother. Amasa's father was Jether. Jether was from the Ishmaelites.
George Lamsa Translation
And Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether.
Good News Translation
His other daughter Abigail married Jether, a descendant of Ishmael, and they had a son named Amasa.
Lexham English Bible
And Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
Literal Translation
And Abigail bore Amasa: And the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Abigail begat Amasa. The father of Amasa was Iether an Ismaelite.
American Standard Version
And Abigail bare Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
Bible in Basic English
And Abigail was the mother of Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Abigail bare Amaza, the father of which Amaza, was Iether an Ismaelite.
King James Version (1611)
And Abigail bare Amasa. And the father of Amasa, was Iether the Ishmeelite.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Abigaia bore Amessab: and the father of Amessab was Jothor the Ismaelite.
English Revised Version
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Abigail childide Amasa, whos fadir was Gether Hismaelite.
Update Bible Version
And Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Abigail bore Amasa: and the father of Amasa [was] Jether the Ishmaelite.
New King James Version
Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. 2 Samuel 17:25">[fn]
New Living Translation
Abigail married a man named Jether, an Ishmaelite, and they had a son named Amasa.
New Life Bible
Abigail gave birth to Amasa. And Amasa's father was Jether the Ishmaelite.
New Revised Standard
Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Abigail, bare Amasa, - and, the father of Amasa, was Jether the Ishmaelite.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ismahelite.
Revised Standard Version
Ab'igail bore Ama'sa, and the father of Ama'sa was Jether the Ish'maelite.
Young's Literal Translation
And Abigail hath borne Amasa, and the father of Amasa [is] Jether the Ishmeelite.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

Contextual Overview

1 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun; 2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3 The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born unto him of Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and He slew him. 4 And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. 5 The sons of Perez: Hezron, and Hamul. 6 And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. 7 And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass concerning the devoted thing. 8 And the sons of Ethan: Azariah. 9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 10 And Ram begot Amminadab; and Amminadab begot Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Amasa: 2 Samuel 17:25, 2 Samuel 19:13, 2 Samuel 20:4-12, 1 Kings 2:5, 1 Kings 2:32

Jether: Jether, יתר [Strong's H3500], is essentially the same with יתרא [Strong's H3501], Ithra, the latter only having the addition of an א aleph; and it is probable, that he was an Ishmaelite by birth but an Israelite by religion. 2 Samuel 17:25, Ithra an Israelite

Ishmeelite: [Strong's H3459] a descendant of Ishmael

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 12:18 - came upon Amasai

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Genesis 2:4
These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.
Genesis 2:6
but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:10
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.
Genesis 2:12
and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Genesis 2:13
And the name of the second river is Gihon; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
Genesis 2:18
And the LORD God said: 'It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.'
Genesis 2:20
And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a help meet for him.
Genesis 2:21
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the place with flesh instead thereof.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 2 Samuel 17:25,

and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite; he is called an Israelite, 2 Samuel 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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jether the Ishmeelite - See the marginal note and reference.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 2:17. 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 endeavouring 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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