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
And Absalom set Amasa instead of Joab over the army: and Amasa a man's son, and his name Ithra, the Israelite, who went in to Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab.
2 Samuel 19:13
And to Amass. ye shall say, Art thou not my bone and my flesh? thus will God do to me and thus will he add, if thou shalt not be chief of the army before me all the days, instead of Joab.
2 Samuel 20:4
And the king will say to Amasa, Call together to me the men of Judah in three days, and stand thou here.
1 Kings 2:5
And also thou knewest what Joab on of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two chiefs of the armies of Israel, to Abner son of Ner, and to Amasa son of Jether; and he will kill them and put the bloods of war in peace, and give the bloods of war upon his girdle which was upon his loins, and in his shoe upon his feet