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 goeth and turneth back unto Jethro his father-in-law, and saith to him, 'Let me go, I pray thee, and I turn back unto my brethren who are in Egypt, and I see whether they are yet alive.' And Jethro saith to Moses, 'Go in peace.'
And he saith to Jether his first-born, 'Rise, slay them;' and the young man hath not drawn his sword, for he hath been afraid, for he is yet a youth.
and Amasa hath Absalom set instead of Joab over the host, and Amasa is a man's son whose name is Ithra the Israelite who hath gone in unto Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab;
And also, thou hast known that which he did to me -- Joab son of Zeruiah -- that which he did to two heads of the hosts of Israel, to Abner son of Ner, and to Amasa son of Jether -- that he slayeth them, and maketh the blood of war in peace, and putteth the blood of war in his girdle, that is on his loins, and in his sandals that are on his feet;
and Jehovah hath turned back his blood on his own head, who hath fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and slayeth them with the sword, -- and my father David knew not -- Abner son of Ner, head of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, head of the host of Judah;
And sons of Jada, brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether dieth without sons.
And sons of Ezra are Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she beareth Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah 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 he saith to Jether his first-born, 'Rise, slay them;' and the young man hath not drawn his sword, for he hath been afraid, for he is yet a youth.
and he goeth into the house of his father at Ophrah, and slayeth his brethren, sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone; and Jotham, youngest son of Jerubbaal, is left, for he was hidden.
And sons of Jada, brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether dieth 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 goeth and turneth back unto Jethro his father-in-law, and saith to him, 'Let me go, I pray thee, and I turn back unto my brethren who are in Egypt, and I see whether they are yet alive.' And Jethro saith to Moses, 'Go in peace.'
And he saith to Jether his first-born, 'Rise, slay them;' and the young man hath not drawn his sword, for he hath been afraid, for he is yet a youth.
And also, thou hast known that which he did to me -- Joab son of Zeruiah -- that which he did to two heads of the hosts of Israel, to Abner son of Ner, and to Amasa son of Jether -- that he slayeth them, and maketh the blood of war in peace, and putteth the blood of war in his girdle, that is on his loins, and in his sandals that are on his feet;
and Jehovah hath turned back his blood on his own head, who hath fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and slayeth them with the sword, -- and my father David knew not -- Abner son of Ner, head of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, head of the host of Judah;
And sons of Jada, brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether dieth without sons.
And sons of Ezra are Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she beareth Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah father of Eshtemoa.
Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. And 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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And he saith to Jether his first-born, 'Rise, slay them;' and the young man hath not drawn his sword, for he hath been afraid, for he is yet a youth.
and Amasa hath Absalom set instead of Joab over the host, and Amasa is a man's son whose name is Ithra the Israelite who hath gone in unto Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab;
And also, thou hast known that which he did to me -- Joab son of Zeruiah -- that which he did to two heads of the hosts of Israel, to Abner son of Ner, and to Amasa son of Jether -- that he slayeth them, and maketh the blood of war in peace, and putteth the blood of war in his girdle, that is on his loins, and in his sandals that are on his feet;
and Jehovah hath turned back his blood on his own head, who hath fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and slayeth them with the sword, -- and my father David knew not -- Abner son of Ner, head of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, head of the host of Judah;
And sons of Jada, brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether dieth without sons.
And sons of Ezra are Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she beareth Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah 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 goeth and turneth back unto Jethro his father-in-law, and saith to him, 'Let me go, I pray thee, and I turn back unto my brethren who are in Egypt, and I see whether they are yet alive.' And Jethro saith to Moses, 'Go in peace.'
And he saith to Jether his first-born, 'Rise, slay them;' and the young man hath not drawn his sword, for he hath been afraid, for he is yet a youth.
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, 'Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-night,
and Amasa hath Absalom set instead of Joab over the host, and Amasa is a man's son whose name is Ithra the Israelite who hath gone in unto Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab;
And sons of Jada, brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether dieth without sons.
And sons of Jada, brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether dieth without sons.