Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

King James Version

And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.

Holman Bible

Amasa’s mother was Abigail, and his father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

International Standard Version

Zeruiah's three sons were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

Abigail gave birth to 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.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And Abigail bare Amasa.: and the father of Amasa, Jether an Ishmaelite.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa [was] Jether the Ishmaelite.

Modern King James verseion

And Abigail bore Amasa. And the father of Amasa was Jether, the Ishmaelite.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Abigail bare Amasa the father of which Amasa was Jether an Ishmaelite.

NET Bible

Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

And, Abigail, bare Amasa, - and, the father of Amasa, was Jether the Ishmaelite.

Webster

And Abigail bore 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.

Youngs Literal Translation

And Abigail hath borne Amasa, and the father of Amasa is Jether the Ishmeelite.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
H26
אביגל אביגיל 
'Abiygayil 
Usage: 17

ילד 
Yalad 
Usage: 497

עמשׂא 
`Amasa' 
Usage: 16

and the father
H1
אב 
'ab 
Usage: 1214

of Amasa
עמשׂא 
`Amasa' 
Usage: 16

יתר 
Yether 
Usage: 8

Verse Info

Context Readings

Judah's Descendants

16 And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three. 17 Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. 18 Caleb the son of Hezron fathered children by his wife Azubah, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:25

Now Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had married Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

2 Samuel 19:13

And say to Amasa, 'Are you not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me and more also, if you are not commander of my army from now on in place of Joab.'"

2 Samuel 20:4-12

Then the king said to Amasa, "Call the men of Judah together to me within three days, and be here yourself."

1 Kings 2:5

"Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner the son of Ner, and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war on the belt around his waist and on the sandals on his feet.

1 Kings 2:32

The LORD will bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.

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