Thematic Bible: Jether


Thematic Bible



"Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner the son of Ner, and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war on the belt around his waist and on the sandals on his feet. Verse ConceptsBeltsSandalsShedding

The LORD will bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah. Verse ConceptsGod Makes Evil ReboundGod Will RequiteIgnorant Of Facts

Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

Now Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had married Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother. Verse ConceptsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenNamed Sisters

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

The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. These are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married; and she conceived and bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.

The sons of Jada, Shammai's brother: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died childless.

So he said to Jether his firstborn, "Rise and kill them!" But the young man did not draw his sword, for he was afraid, because he was still a young man. Verse ConceptsFirstborn SonsLimitations Of Youth

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