25 Now Absalom had set ^tAmasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite,¹ who had married Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

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

5 “Moreover, you also know ^zwhat Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner the son of Ner, and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging¹ in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war² on the belt around his³ waist and on the sandals on his feet.

17 Abigail bore ^oAmasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.