Reference: Jether
Easton
surplus; excellence. (1.) Father-in-law of Moses (Ex 4:18 marg.), called elsewhere Jethro (q.v.).
(2.) The oldest of Gideon's seventy sons (Jg 8:20).
(3.) The father of Amasa, David's general (1Ki 2:5,32); called Ithra (2Sa 17:25).
(4.) 1Ch 7:38.
(5.) 1Ch 2:32; one of Judah's posterity.
(6.) 1Ch 4:17.
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And Moses went away and, returning to Jethro his father-in-law, said to him, Let me go back, I pray you, to my relatives in Egypt to see whether they are still alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
And [Gideon] said to Jether his firstborn [to embarrass them], Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword, for he feared because he was yet a lad.
Absalom made Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of an [Ishmaelite] named Ithra, who married Abigail daughter of Nahash, [half sister of David and] sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
You know also what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, whom he murdered, avenging in time of peace blood shed in war, and putting innocent blood of war on the girdle on his loins and on the sandals of his feet.
The Lord shall return his bloody deeds upon his own head, for he fell upon two men more [uncompromisingly] righteous and honorable than he and slew them with the sword, without my father knowing of it: Abner son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died childless.
The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. These are the sons of Bithiah daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married: she bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
Fausets
1. Gideon's oldest son. Afraid as a youth to slay Zebah and Zalmunna at his father's bidding. Slain by Abimelech (Jg 8:20; 9:5).
2. Same as Ithra and Abigail. (See ITHRA; ABIGAIL.)
3. 1Ch 2:32.
4. 1Ch 4:17. Quaest. Hebrew in Paralipomena makes Ezra Amram, J. Aaron.
5. Ithran (1Ch 7:38).
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And [Gideon] said to Jether his firstborn [to embarrass them], Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword, for he feared because he was yet a lad.
And he went to his father's house at Ophrah and slew his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, was left, for he hid himself.
The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died childless.
Hastings
1. Father-in-law of Moses (Revised Version margin of Ex 4:18 Elohist), prob. a mistake for Jethro. 2. Eldest son of Gideon (Jg 8:20). 3. An Ishmaelite, father of Amasa (1Ki 2:5,32; 1Ch 2:17. See Ithra). 4. 5. Two men of Judah (1Ch 2:32; 4:17). 6. A man of Asher (1Ch 7:38); called in 1Ch 7:37 Ithran, the name of an Edomite clan (Ge 36:26).
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And Moses went away and, returning to Jethro his father-in-law, said to him, Let me go back, I pray you, to my relatives in Egypt to see whether they are still alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
And [Gideon] said to Jether his firstborn [to embarrass them], Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword, for he feared because he was yet a lad.
You know also what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, whom he murdered, avenging in time of peace blood shed in war, and putting innocent blood of war on the girdle on his loins and on the sandals of his feet.
The Lord shall return his bloody deeds upon his own head, for he fell upon two men more [uncompromisingly] righteous and honorable than he and slew them with the sword, without my father knowing of it: Abner son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died childless.
The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. These are the sons of Bithiah daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married: she bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.
Morish
Je'ther
1. Gideon's firstborn son. Jg 8:20.
2. An Ishmeelite, father of Amasa. 1Ki 2:5,32; 1Ch 2:17. He is called ITHRA, an Israelite, in 2Sa 17:25. He may have been an Ishmeelite by birth, and have become a proselyte.
3. Son of Jada, of the tribe of Judah. 1Ch 2:32.
4. Son of Ezra, of the tribe of Judah. 1Ch 4:17.
5. Descendant of Asher. 1Ch 7:38.
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And [Gideon] said to Jether his firstborn [to embarrass them], Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword, for he feared because he was yet a lad.
Absalom made Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of an [Ishmaelite] named Ithra, who married Abigail daughter of Nahash, [half sister of David and] sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
You know also what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, whom he murdered, avenging in time of peace blood shed in war, and putting innocent blood of war on the girdle on his loins and on the sandals of his feet.
The Lord shall return his bloody deeds upon his own head, for he fell upon two men more [uncompromisingly] righteous and honorable than he and slew them with the sword, without my father knowing of it: Abner son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died childless.
The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. These are the sons of Bithiah daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married: she bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
Smith
Je'ther
(his excellence).
1. Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses.
(B.C. 1530.)
2. The first-born of Gideon's seventy sons.
(B.C. 1256.)
3. The father of Amasa, captain-general of Absalom's army. (B.C. 1023.) Jether is another form of ITHRA.
See Ithra
He is described in
as an Ishmaelite, which again is more likely to be correct than the "Israelite" of the Hebrew in
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4. The son of Jada, a descendant of Hezron, of the tribe of Judah.
5. The son of Ezra.
6. The chief of a family of warriors of the line of Asher, and father of Jephunneh.
He is probably the same as ITHRAN in the preceding verse.
See Ithran
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And Moses went away and, returning to Jethro his father-in-law, said to him, Let me go back, I pray you, to my relatives in Egypt to see whether they are still alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
And [Gideon] said to Jether his firstborn [to embarrass them], Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword, for he feared because he was yet a lad.
Moreover, Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me choose 12,000 men and I will set out and pursue David this night.
Absalom made Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of an [Ishmaelite] named Ithra, who married Abigail daughter of Nahash, [half sister of David and] sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died childless.
The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died childless.