Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
Bible References
Amasa
2 Samuel 17:25
Absalom had installed Amasa in place of Joab over the army. (Amasa was the son of a man named Jether the Ishmaelite. His mother was Abigail, a daughter of Nahash and a sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.)
2 Samuel 19:13
Then ask Amasa, "Aren't you my own flesh and blood? So may God deal with me, no matter how severely, if from this day forward you don't take Joab's place as commander of my army.'
2 Samuel 20:4
Meanwhile, David ordered Amasa, "Muster the army of Judah here within three days, and be here yourself!"
1 Kings 2:5
"Furthermore, you're aware of what Zeruiah's son Joab did to me and to those two commanders of the armies of Israel, Ner's son Abner and Jether's son Amasa, whom he killed, and how he shed the blood of wartime during times of peace, staining the very belt he wears around his waist and the sandals he wears on his feet.