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2 Samuel 17:25
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Samuel 17:25"> 25 Y Absalom constituyó á Amasa, sobre el ejército en lugar de Joab, el cual Amasa fué hijo de un varón de Israel llamado Itra, el cual había entrado á Abigail hija de Naas, hermana de Sarvia, madre de Joab.
Y Absalón constituyó a Amasa, sobre el ejército en lugar de Joab, Amasa era hijo de un varón de Israel llamado Itra, el cual había entrado a Abigail hija de Nahas, hermana de Sarvia, madre de Joab.
Y Absalón constituyó a Amasa, sobre el ejército en lugar de Joab, el cual Amasa fue hijo de un varón de Israel llamado Itra, el cual había entrado a Abigail hija de Nahas, hermana de Sarvia, madre de Joab.
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Amasa: 2 Samuel 19:13, 2 Samuel 20:4, 2 Samuel 20:9-12
Ithra: 1 Chronicles 2:16, 1 Chronicles 2:17, Jether the Ishmaelite
Abigail: Heb. Abigal
Nahash: or, Jesse. 1 Chronicles 2:13, 1 Chronicles 2:16
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 20:12 - General 1 Kings 2:5 - Jether 1 Kings 2:32 - Jether 1 Chronicles 12:18 - came upon Amasai
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab,.... Who was along with David:
which Amasa [was] a man's son whose name [was] Ithra, an Israelite; he is called Jether the Ishmaelite, 1 Chronicles 2:17; either because he was an Ishmaelite by birth, and being proselyted to the Jewish religion, was called an Israelite; or rather he was an Israelite by birth, and having sojourned in the land of Ishmael some time, was called an Ishmaelite, as Uriah the Hittite, and others; and when Amasa is called a "man's son", it means a great man, as Kimchi observes:
that went in to Abigail, the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah,
Joab's mother: so that Joab and Amasa, the generals of David and Absalom, were own cousins, sisters' children, and David uncle to them both; for Abigail and Zeruiah were David's sisters, 1 Chronicles 2:16; children of Jesse, whose name is here called Nahash, having two names, or this was his surname; though others think Nahash is the name of a woman, the wife of Jesse, and that these two sisters had two mothers, but one father; it seems by this expression, "went in to", as if Amasa was not begotten in the conjugal state, but was illegitimate.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Ithra an Israelite - Or “Jether the Ishmeelite†1 Chronicles 2:17. “Ithra†and “Jether†are practically the same names. “Israelite†in the text is wrong. It should be either “Ishmaelite†or “Jezreelite†2 Samuel 3:2.
Abigail the daughter of Nahash - If Zeruiah and Abigail were Jesse’s daughters, the only probable way of reconciling our text with 1 Chronicles 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.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Samuel 17:25. Amasa captain of the host — From the account in this verse, it appears that Joab and Amasa were sisters' children, and both nephews to David.
