Thematic Bible: Jether


Thematic Bible



"Furthermore, you're aware of what Zeruiah's son Joab did to me and to those two commanders of the armies of Israel, Ner's son Abner and Jether's son Amasa, whom he killed, and how he shed the blood of wartime during times of peace, staining the very belt he wears around his waist and the sandals he wears on his feet. Verse ConceptsBeltsSandalsShedding

The LORD will repay him for his bloodshed because, without my father David's consent he attacked and murdered two men more righteous and better than he, Ner's son Abner, the commander of Israel's army and Jether's son Amasa, commander of Judah's army. Verse ConceptsGod Makes Evil ReboundGod Will RequiteIgnorant Of Facts

Zeruiah's three sons were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

Absalom had installed Amasa in place of Joab over the army. (Amasa was the son of a man named Jether the Ishmaelite. His mother was Abigail, a daughter of Nahash and a sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.) Verse ConceptsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenNamed Sisters

Jether's descendants included Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.

Ezrah's descendants were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.

Shammai's brother Jada's descendants were Jether and Jonathan, but Jether died childless.

Then he told his firstborn son Jether, "Get up and kill them!" But he was afraid, since he was still only a youngster. Verse ConceptsFirstborn SonsLimitations Of Youth

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