2 Samuel 17:25
Now Absalom appointed Amasa in Joab's stead over the army: and Amasa was the son of a man who was called Jethra of Jezrael, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Naas, the sister of Sarvia who was the mother of Joab.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
26And Israel camped with Absalom in the land of Galaad.
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:14And be inclined the heart of all the men of Juda, as it were of one man: and they sent to the king, saying: Return thou, and all thy servants.
2 Samuel 20:9And Joab said to Amasa: God save thee, my brother. And he took Amasa by the chin with his right hand to kiss him.
1 Kings 2:32And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, because he murdered two men, just and better than himself: and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing it, Abner the son of Ner, general of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, general of the army of Juda.
1 Chronicles 2:16And their sisters were Sarvia, and Abigail. The sons of Sarvia: Abisai, Joab, and Asael, three.
1 Chronicles 12:19And there were some of Manasses that went over to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to fight: but he did not fight with them: because the lords of the Philistines taking counsel sent him back, saying: With the danger of our heads he will return to his master Saul.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 17:23-29
Ahithophel's Death; Absalom's Pursuit of David. ( b. c. 1023.) 22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan. 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. 24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And… Read the whole commentary →