2Sa 17:25, 19:13, 20:4-8, 1Ch 2:17 | ESV | STEP | Now Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab . Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite , who had married Abigal the daughter of Nahash , sister of Zeruiah , Joab’s mother .

2 Samuel 17:25

25 Now Absalom had set ^aAmasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, ^{▼▼Compare 1 Chronicles 2:17; Hebrew Israelite} who had married Abigal the daughter of ^cNahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

2 Samuel 19:13

13 And say to Amasa, ^d‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? ^eGod do so to me and more also, if you are not ^fcommander of my army from now on in place of Joab.’”

2 Samuel 20:4-8

4 Then the king said to ^gAmasa, “Call the men of Judah together to me within three days, and be here yourself.” 5 So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he delayed beyond the set time that had been appointed him. 6 And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take ^hyour lord’s servants and pursue him, lest he get himself to fortified cities and escape from us.” ^{▼▼Hebrew and snatch away our eyes} 7 And there went out after him Joab’s men and the ^jCherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men. They went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri. 8 When they were at the great stone that is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was wearing a soldier’s garment, and over it was a belt with a sword in its sheath fastened on his thigh, and as he went forward it fell out.

1 Chronicles 2:17

17 ^kAbigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was ^lJether the Ishmaelite.