God’s Word Translation
1 Chronicles 2:17
17Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether, a descendant of Ishmael.
1 Chronicles 2:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
- New International Version (NIV)Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
Context of 1 Chronicles 2:17
15Ozem (his sixth son), and David (his seventh son). 16Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether, a descendant of Ishmael. 18Hezron’s son was Caleb. Caleb and his wife Azubah had a son named Jerioth. Her other sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. 19After Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. She gave birth to Hur.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 21 Chronicles 2:17 word by word
וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִל יָלְדָ֖ה אֶת־עֲמָשָׂ֑א וַאֲבִ֣י עֲמָשָׂ֔א יֶ֖תֶר הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 2:17
- 2 Samuel 17:25Absalom appointed Amasa to take Joab’s place as commander of the army. (Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, a descendant of Ishmael. His mother was Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Joab’s mother Zeruiah.)
- 2 Samuel 19:13And tell Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God strike me dead unless you are given Joab’s place to serve me always as the commander of the army.’ ”
- 2 Samuel 20:4The king told Amasa, “Call the people of Judah together for me, and in three days be here yourself.”
- 1 Kings 2:5“You know what Joab (Zeruiah’s son) did to me and to the two commanders of Israel’s army—Abner, son of Ner, and Amasa, son of Jether. Joab killed them. When there was peace, he shed blood as if it were wartime. With their blood he stained the belt around his waist and the shoes on his feet.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 2:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Jether the Ishmeelite - "They called him Jether, because he girded himself with his sword, that he might assist David with the Arabians, when Abner was endeavoring to destroy David and the whole race of Jesse, as being unfit to enter into the congregation of the Lord, on account of Ruth the Moabitess." - T.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Jether the Ishmeelite - See the marginal note and reference.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-17The passage about Ram's descendants shows a direct line from Ram to Jesse and then lists Jesse's children.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Jether the Ishmaelite--(compare 2Sa 17:25). In that passage he is called Ithra an Israelite; and there seems no reason why, in the early days of David, anyone should be specially distinguished as an Israelite. The presumption is in favor of the reading followed by the Septuagint, which calls him "Jetra the Jezreelite." The circumstance of his settling in another tribe, or of a woman marrying out of her own tribe, was sufficiently rare and singular to…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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