2Sa 17:25, 1Ki 2:5 | 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.

1 Kings 2:5

5 “Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah ^ddid to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, ^eAbner the son of Ner, ^fand Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew placing} in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war ^{▼▼Septuagint innocent blood} on the belt around his ^{▼▼Septuagint my; twice in this verse} waist and on the sandals on his feet.