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 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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