2Sa 17:25 Cross References

2 Samuel 17:25

25: Absalom had appointed Amasa as commander of his army, replacing Joab, who had been commander under David. (Amasa was Joab's cousin. His father was Jether, an Ishmaelite. His mother, Abigail daughter of Nahash, was the sister of Joab's mother, Zeruiah.)

2 Samuel 19:13

  1. And David told them to tell Amasa, "Since you are my nephew, may God strike me dead if I do not appoint you as commander of my army in place of Joab."

1 Chronicles 2:13

  1. Jesse's first son was Eliab, his second was Abinadab, his third was Shimea,

2 Samuel 20:9

  1. "How are you, my cousin?" Joab said and took him by the beard with his right hand as though to kiss him.
  2. Amasa didn't notice the dagger in his left hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach with it so that his insides gushed out onto the ground. Joab did not need to strike again, and Amasa soon died. Joab and his brother Abishai left him lying there and continued after Sheba.
  3. One of Joab's young officers shouted to Amasa's troops, "If you are for Joab and David, come and follow Joab."
  4. But Amasa lay in his blood in the middle of the road, and Joab's officer saw that a crowd was gathering around to stare at him. So he pulled him off the road into a field and threw a cloak over him.

1 Kings 2:5

  1. "And there is something else. You know that Joab son of Zeruiah murdered my two army commanders, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He pretended that it was an act of war, but it was done in a time of peace, staining his belt and sandals with the blood of war.

1 Chronicles 2:16

  1. Their sisters were named Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah had three sons named Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
  2. Abigail married a man named Jether, an Ishmaelite, and they had a son named Amasa.

2 Samuel 20:4

  1. Then the king instructed Amasa to mobilize the army of Judah within three days and to report back at that time.

1 Kings 2:32

  1. Then the LORD will repay him for the murders of two men who were more righteous and better than he. For my father was no party to the deaths of Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
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