Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Abigail bore Amasa, whose father 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 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.
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. Zeruiah's three sons were Abshai, Joab, and Asahel. 17 Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite. 18 Caleb son of Hezron fathered sons by his wife Azubah (also known as Jerioth). Her sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:25
Absalom had made Amasa general in command of the army in place of Joab. (Now Amasa was the son of an Israelite man named Jether, who had married Abigail the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.)
2 Samuel 19:13
Say to Amasa, 'Are you not my flesh and blood? God will punish me severely, if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!'"
2 Samuel 20:4-12
Then the king said to Amasa, "Call the men of Judah together for me in three days, and you be present here with them too."
1 Kings 2:5
"You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me -- how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained his own belt and the sandals on his feet.
1 Kings 2:32
May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; behind my father David's back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he -- Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel's army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah's army.