Treasury of Scripture
Amasa.
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...
2 Samuel 19:13 And say you to Amasa, Are you not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also...
2 Samuel 20:4-12 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be you here present...
1 Kings 2:5,32 Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel...
Jether. Jether is essentially the same with Ithra, the latter only having the addition of an {aleph,} and it is probable, that he was an Ishmaelite by birth but an Israelite by religion.
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...
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Ithra an Israelite.
Ishmeelite., a descendant of Ishmael.
