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Jether

also known as Ithra

Gender:: Male
Verse mentions:: 4

The father of Amasa, David’s general (1 Kings 2:5, 32); called Ithra (2 Sam. 17:25).

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Spouses 1

Abigail

Children 1

Amasa· father

Appears in 4

Reference	Verse
2 Samuel 17:25	And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.
1 Kings 2:5	Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
1 Kings 2:32	And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
1 Chronicles 2:17	And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.

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