2Sa 17:25 | HCSB | STEP | Now Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in Joab’s place . Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Israelite ; Ithra had married Abigail daughter of Nahash . Abigail was a sister to Zeruiah , Joab’s mother .

‏ 2 Samuel 17:25

25 Now Absalom had appointed Amasa ^a over the army in Joab’s place. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra ^{▼▼Or Jether} the Israelite; ^{▼▼Some LXX mss read Ishmaelite
,} ^d Ithra had married Abigail daughter of Nahash. ^{▼▼Some LXX mss read Jesse} Abigail was a sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.