Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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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Bible References

Nahash

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

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2 Samuel 20:12
Now Amasa was writhing in his blood in the middle of the highway, and the man had seen that all the people stopped. So he moved Amasa from the highway to the field and threw a garment over him because he realized that all those who encountered Amasa were stopping.

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