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 back to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go back now to my relations in Egypt and see if they are still living. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy.
And Absalom put Amasa at the head of the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had been the lover of Abigail, the daughter of Jesse, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
Now you have knowledge of what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me, and to the two captains of the army of Israel, Abner, the son of Ner, and Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he put to death, taking payment for the blood of war in time of peace, and making the band of my clothing and the shoes on my feet red with the blood of one put to death without cause.
And the Lord will send back his blood on his head, because of the attack he made on two men more upright and better than himself, putting them to the sword without my father's knowledge; even Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.
And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether came to his end without sons.
And the sons of Ezrah: Jether and Mered and Epher and Jalon; and these are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, the wife of Mered. And she became the mother of Miriam and 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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Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy.
Then he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and put his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, to death on the same stone; however, Jotham, the youngest, kept himself safe by going away to a secret place.
And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether came to his end without sons.
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 back to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go back now to my relations in Egypt and see if they are still living. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy.
Now you have knowledge of what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me, and to the two captains of the army of Israel, Abner, the son of Ner, and Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he put to death, taking payment for the blood of war in time of peace, and making the band of my clothing and the shoes on my feet red with the blood of one put to death without cause.
And the Lord will send back his blood on his head, because of the attack he made on two men more upright and better than himself, putting them to the sword without my father's knowledge; even Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.
And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether came to his end without sons.
And the sons of Ezrah: Jether and Mered and Epher and Jalon; and these are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, the wife of Mered. And she became the mother of Miriam and Shammai and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.
Bezer and Hod and Shamma and Shilshah and Ithran and Beera. And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh and Pispah 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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Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy.
And Absalom put Amasa at the head of the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had been the lover of Abigail, the daughter of Jesse, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
Now you have knowledge of what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me, and to the two captains of the army of Israel, Abner, the son of Ner, and Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he put to death, taking payment for the blood of war in time of peace, and making the band of my clothing and the shoes on my feet red with the blood of one put to death without cause.
And the Lord will send back his blood on his head, because of the attack he made on two men more upright and better than himself, putting them to the sword without my father's knowledge; even Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.
And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether came to his end without sons.
And the sons of Ezrah: Jether and Mered and Epher and Jalon; and these are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, the wife of Mered. And she became the mother of Miriam and 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
...
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 back to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go back now to my relations in Egypt and see if they are still living. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy.
Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me take out twelve thousand men and this very night I will go after David:
And Absalom put Amasa at the head of the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had been the lover of Abigail, the daughter of Jesse, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
And Abigail was the mother of Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether came to his end without sons.
And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether came to his end without sons.