2 Samuel 17:25

Absalom had installed Amasa in place of Joab over the army. (Amasa was the son of a man named Jether the Ishmaelite. His mother was Abigail, a daughter of Nahash and a sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.)

2 Samuel 19:13

Then ask Amasa, "Aren't you my own flesh and blood? So may God deal with me, no matter how severely, if from this day forward you don't take Joab's place as commander of my army.'

2 Samuel 20:9-12

Joab asked Amasa, "Is everything going well with you, my brother?" As Joab took Amasa by his beard to greet him,

1 Chronicles 2:13

Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab his second born, Shimea his third born,

2 Samuel 20:4

Meanwhile, David ordered Amasa, "Muster the army of Judah here within three days, and be here yourself!"

1 Kings 2:5

"Furthermore, you're aware of what Zeruiah's son Joab did to me and to those two commanders of the armies of Israel, Ner's son Abner and Jether's son Amasa, whom he killed, and how he shed the blood of wartime during times of peace, staining the very belt he wears around his waist and the sandals he wears on his feet.

1 Kings 2:32

The LORD will repay him for his bloodshed because, without my father David's consent he attacked and murdered two men more righteous and better than he, Ner's son Abner, the commander of Israel's army and Jether's son Amasa, commander of Judah's army.

1 Chronicles 2:16-17

along with their sisters Zeruiah and Abigail.

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Summary

And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

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Nahash

1 Chronicles 2:13
Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab his second born, Shimea his third born,

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2 Samuel 20:12
While Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway, everybody who passed by was stopping to stare at him, so when the soldier saw that all of the army was stopping, he carried Amasa off the highway into a nearby field and covered him with a garment.

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