Thematic Bible: Ithra
Thematic Bible
Ithra » Father of amasa
Absalom put Amasa in command of the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Israelite, who had married Abigail the daughter of Nahash, [the half sister of David and] the sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
Abigail gave birth to Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
Jether » An ishmaelite who married david's sister » Called » Ithra
Absalom put Amasa in command of the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Israelite, who had married Abigail the daughter of Nahash, [the half sister of David and] the sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.