Jether in the Bible

Meaning: he that excels

Exact Match

And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

Verse ConceptsFirstborn SonsLimitations Of Youth

Thematic Bible



"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.

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.

Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.


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.)


The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara.


The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered's wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.


The sons of Jada, Shammai's brother: Jether and Jonathan. (Jether died without having sons.)


He ordered Jether his firstborn son, "Come on! Kill them!" But Jether was too afraid to draw his sword, because he was still young.


References

Hastings

Easton

Fausets

Morish

Smith

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible