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2 Samuel 17:25 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 17 · verse 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, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.2 Samuel 17:25 · King James Version
2 Samuel 17:25 in context
23And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
24Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.
26So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
27And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- IsraeliteYisrᵉʼêlîya Jisreelite or descendant of JisraelH3481 →
- AbsalomʼĂbîyshâlôwmAbshalom, a son of DavidH53 →
- AmasaʻĂmâsâʼAmasa, the name of two IsraelitesH6021 →
- man'sʼîysha man as an individual or a male personH376 →
- IthraYithrâʼJithra, an IsraeliteH3501 →
- madesûwmto putH7760 →
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Here is, I. The transporting of David and his forces over Jordan, pursuant to the advice he had received from his friends at Jerusalem, Sa2 17:22. He, and all that were with him, went over in the night, whether in ferryboats, which probably always plied there, or through the fords, does not appear.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-29