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New Living Translation

1 Chronicles 2:17

Abigail married a man named Jether, an Ishmaelite, and they had a son named Amasa.

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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
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 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 The sons of Israel were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3 Judah had three sons from Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Their names were Er, Onan, and Shelah. But the Lord saw that the oldest son, Er, was a wicked man, so he killed him. 4 Later Judah had twin sons from Tamar, his widowed daughter-in-law. Their names were Perez and Zerah. So Judah had five sons in all. 5 The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 6 The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda—five in all. 7 The son of Carmi (a descendant of Zimri) was Achan, who brought disaster on Israel by taking plunder that had been set apart for the Lord . 8 The son of Ethan was Azariah. 9 The sons of Hezron were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb. 10 Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader 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
So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed.
Genesis 2:4
This is the account of the creation of the heavens and the earth. When the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
Genesis 2:6
Instead, springs came up from the ground and watered all the land.
Genesis 2:9
The Lord God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden he placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:10
A river flowed from the land of Eden, watering the garden and then dividing into four branches.
Genesis 2:12
The gold of that land is exceptionally pure; aromatic resin and onyx stone are also found there.
Genesis 2:13
The second branch, called the Gihon, flowed around the entire land of Cush.
Genesis 2:18
Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him."
Genesis 2:20
He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him.
Genesis 2:21
So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man's ribs and closed up the opening.

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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