Thematic Bible: Jether


Thematic Bible



Remember what Joab did to me by killing the two commanders of Israel's armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. You remember how he murdered them in time of peace. This was revenge for deaths they had caused in time of war. He killed innocent men. I bear the responsibility for what he did. I suffer the consequences. Verse ConceptsBeltsSandalsShedding

Jehovah will punish Joab for those murders he committed without my father David's knowledge. Joab killed two innocent men who were better men than he: Abner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa, commander of the army of Judah. Verse ConceptsGod Makes Evil ReboundGod Will RequiteIgnorant Of Facts

Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

Absalom put Amasa in Joab's place as commander of the army. Amasa's father was Ithra from the family of Ishmael, and his mother was Abigal, the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Joab's mother Zeruiah. Verse ConceptsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenNamed Sisters

The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispah and Ara.

The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon. One of Mered's wives gave birth to Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

The sons of Jada, Shammai's brother: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.

He said to Jether his firstborn: Rise up and kill them. But the youth would not draw his sword. He was afraid because he was still a youth. Verse ConceptsFirstborn SonsLimitations Of Youth