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2 Samuel 17:25

Et Absalom établit Hamasa sur l'armée, en la place de Joab. Or Hamasa était fils d'un homme nommé Jithra, Israélite, qui était entré vers Abigal fille de Nahas, sœur de Tséruja, la mère de Joab.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abigail;   Amasa;   Amnesty;   Armies;   Captain;   Clemency;   David;   Ithra;   Jether;   Joab;   Nahash;   Zeruiah;   Thompson Chain Reference - Amasa;   Zeruiah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ahithophel;   Hushai;   Nahash;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abigail;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Amasa;   David;   Jether;   Mahanaim;   Murder;   Nahash;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Amasa;   David;   Ithra;   Joab;   Nahash;   Tehinnah;   Zeruiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abigail;   Amasa;   Ithra;   Jether;   Mahanaim;   Nahash;   Zeruiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abigail,;   Abishai;   Amasa;   Ithra;   Mahanaim;   Nahash;   Samuel, Books of;   Zeruiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abigail ;   Amasa ;   Jether ;   Nahash ;   Zeruiah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nahash;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abigail;   Absalom;   Amasa;   David;   Nahash;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ab'igail;   Am'asa;   Is'raelite;   Ith'ra;   Je'ther;   Na'hash;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Amasa;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abigail;   Absalom (1);   Amasa;   David;   Ithra;   Jether;   Nahash;   Samuel, Books of;   Serpent;   Zeruiah;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Amasa;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abigail;   Amasa;   Ammon, Ammonites;   Nahash;  

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Et Absalom établit Amasa sur l'armée, à la place de Joab. Or, Amasa était fils d'un homme nommé Jithra, Israélite, qui était entré vers Abigaïl, fille de Nachash, et sœur de Tséruja, mère de Joab.
Darby's French Translation
Et Absalom établit Amasa sur l'armée, à la place de Joab. Et Amasa était le fils d'un homme nommé Jithra, l'Israélite, qui était entré vers Abigaïl, fille de Nakhash et soeur de Tseruïa, mère de Joab.
Louis Segond (1910)
Absalom mit Amasa à la tête de l'armée, en remplacement de Joab; Amasa était fils d'un homme appelé Jithra, l'Israélite, qui était allé vers Abigal, fille de Nachasch et soeur de Tseruja, mère de Joab.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Amasa: 2 Samuel 19:13, 2 Samuel 20:4, 2 Samuel 20:9-12

Ithra: 1 Chronicles 2:16, 1 Chronicles 2:17, Jether the Ishmaelite

Abigail: Heb. Abigal

Nahash: or, Jesse. 1 Chronicles 2:13, 1 Chronicles 2:16

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 20:12 - General 1 Kings 2:5 - Jether 1 Kings 2:32 - Jether 1 Chronicles 12:18 - came upon Amasai

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab,.... Who was along with David:

which Amasa [was] a man's son whose name [was] Ithra, an Israelite; he is called Jether the Ishmaelite, 1 Chronicles 2:17; either because he was an Ishmaelite by birth, and being proselyted to the Jewish religion, was called an Israelite; or rather he was an Israelite by birth, and having sojourned in the land of Ishmael some time, was called an Ishmaelite, as Uriah the Hittite, and others; and when Amasa is called a "man's son", it means a great man, as Kimchi observes:

that went in to Abigail, the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah,

Joab's mother: so that Joab and Amasa, the generals of David and Absalom, were own cousins, sisters' children, and David uncle to them both; for Abigail and Zeruiah were David's sisters, 1 Chronicles 2:16; children of Jesse, whose name is here called Nahash, having two names, or this was his surname; though others think Nahash is the name of a woman, the wife of Jesse, and that these two sisters had two mothers, but one father; it seems by this expression, "went in to", as if Amasa was not begotten in the conjugal state, but was illegitimate.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ithra an Israelite - Or “Jether the Ishmeelite” 1 Chronicles 2:17. “Ithra” and “Jether” are practically the same names. “Israelite” in the text is wrong. It should be either “Ishmaelite” or “Jezreelite” 2 Samuel 3:2.

Abigail the daughter of Nahash - If Zeruiah and Abigail were Jesse’s daughters, the only probable way of reconciling our text with 1 Chronicles 2:16-17, is to suppose that Nahash was Jesse’s wife. If Zeruiah and Abigail were only sisters of David by the mother, then Nahash might be the name of her first husband.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 17:25. Amasa captain of the host — From the account in this verse, it appears that Joab and Amasa were sisters' children, and both nephews to David.


 
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