Parallel Verses
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.
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. Zeruiah's three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel.
17 Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:25
Absalom put Amasa in Joab's place as commander of the army. Amasa's father was Ithra from the family of Ishmael, and his mother was Abigal, the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Joab's mother Zeruiah.
2 Samuel 19:13
Say to Amasa: 'Are you my flesh and blood? May God strike me dead unless you are given Joab's place to serve me always as the commander of the army.'
2 Samuel 20:4-12
David said to Amasa: Three days from now I want you and all of Judah's army to be here!
1 Kings 2:5
Remember what Joab did to me by killing the two commanders of Israel's armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. You remember how he murdered them in time of peace. This was revenge for deaths they had caused in time of war. He killed innocent men. I bear the responsibility for what he did. I suffer the consequences.
1 Kings 2:32
Jehovah will punish Joab for those murders he committed without my father David's knowledge. Joab killed two innocent men who were better men than he: Abner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa, commander of the army of Judah.