Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And Abigail bore Amasa. And the father of Amasa was Jether, the Ishmaelite.
New American Standard Bible
Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was
King James Version
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
Holman Bible
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 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
Yalad
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Chronicles 2:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judah's Descendants
16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. 17 And Abigail bore Amasa. And the father of Amasa was Jether, the Ishmaelite. 18 And Caleb the son of Hezron fathered sons of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth. Her sons are these: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:25
And Absalom made Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab. This Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, an Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
2 Samuel 19:13
And you say to Amasa, Are you not of my bone and of my flesh? May God do so to me, and more also, if you are not commander of the army before me all the days instead of Joab.
2 Samuel 20:4-12
And the king said to Amasa, gather to me the men of Judah within three days, and you be present here.
1 Kings 2:5
And also you know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, that he murdered them, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle on his loins, and in his shoes on his feet.
1 Kings 2:32
And Jehovah shall return his blood on his own head, who fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David not knowing of it, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.