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, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Absalom	אַבְשָׁלֹ֛ם 'av.sha.Lom	H53	Abshalom · proper noun, a man's name
made	שָׂ֧ם sam	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Amasa	עֲמָשָׂ֗א 'a.ma.Sa'	H6021	Amasa · proper noun, a man's name
host	הַצָּבָ֑א ha.tza.Va'	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Joab	יוֹאָ֖ב yo.'Av	H3097	Joab · proper noun, a man's name
Amasa	וַעֲמָשָׂ֣א va.'a.ma.Sa'	H6021	Amasa · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
man’s	אִ֗ישׁ 'Ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
son	בֶן ven-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
name	וּשְׁמוֹ֙ u.she.Mo	H8034	an appellation · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Ithra	יִתְרָ֣א yit.Ra'	H3501	Jithra · proper noun, a man's name
Israelite	הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִ֔י hai.yis.re.'e.Li	H3481	a Jisreelite or descendant of Jisrael · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
in	בָּא֙ ba'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Abigail	אֲבִיגַ֣ל 'a.vi.Gal	H26	Abigail or Abigal · proper noun, a woman's name
daughter	בַּת bat-	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine singular construct
Nahash	נָחָ֔שׁ na.Chash	H5176	Nachash · proper noun, a man's name
sister	אֲח֥וֹת 'a.Chot	H269	a sister (used very widely (like brother) · noun, common feminine singular construct
Zeruiah	צְרוּיָ֖ה tze.ru.Yah	H6870	Tserujah · proper noun, a woman's name
Joab’s	יוֹאָֽב yo.'Av	H3097	Joab · proper noun, a man's name
mother	אֵ֥ם 'em	H517	a mother (as the bond of the family) · noun, common feminine singular construct

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Samuel 19:13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me…
1 Chronicles 2:13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
2 Samuel 20:9-12 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
2 Samuel 20:4 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
1 Kings 2:5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner th…
1 Kings 2:32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword…
1 Chronicles 2:16-17 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 17:22–end

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. But special notice is taken of this, that there lacked not one of them: none deserted him, though his distress was great, none staid behind sick or weary, nor were any lost or cast away in passing the river. Herein some make him a type of the Messiah, who said, in a difficult day, Of all that thou hast given me have I lost none. Having got over Jordan, he marched many miles forward to Mahanaim, a…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 17:25

Amasa--By the genealogy it appears that this captain stood in the same relation to David as Joab, both being his nephews. Of course, Amasa was Absalom's cousin, and though himself an Israelite, his father was an Ishmaelite (Ch1 2:17). Nahash--is thought by some to be another name of Jesse, or according to others, the name of Jesse's wife.

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 17:25

Amasa captain of the host - From the account in this verse, it appears that Joab and Amasa were sisters' children, and both nephews to David.

John Gill on 2 Samuel 17:25

And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab,.... Who was along with David: which Amasa was a man's son whose name was Ithra, an Israelite; he is called Jether the Ishmaelite, 1 Chronicles 2:17; either because he was an Ishmaelite by birth, and being proselyted to the Jewish religion, was called an Israelite; or rather he was an Israelite by birth, and having sojourned in the land of Ishmael some time, was called an Ishmaelite, as Uriah the Hittite, and others; and when Amasa is called a "man's son", it means a great man, as Kimchi observes: that went in to Abigail, the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother: so that Joab and Amasa, the generals of David and Ab…

Dictionary and topics

Abigail — Father (i.e., “leader”) of the dance, or “of joy.” (1.) The sister of David, and wife of Jether an Ishmaelite (1 Chr. 2:16, 17). She was the mother of Amasa (2 Sam. 17:25). (2.) The wife of the…
Amasa — Burden. (1.) The son of Abigail, a sister of king David (1 Chr. 2:17; 2 Sam. 17:25). He was appointed by David to command the army in room of his cousin Joab (2 Sam. 19:13), who afterwards…
David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Israelite — (descendant of Israel). In (2 Samuel 17:25) Ithra, the father of Amasa, is called “an Israelite,” while in (1 Chronicles 2:17) he appears as “Jether the Ishmaelite.” The latter is undoubtedly the…
Ithra — (excellence), an Israelite, (2 Samuel 17:25) or Ishmaelite, (1 Chronicles 2:17) the father of Amasa by Abigail, David’s sister. (B.C. before 1023.)
Jether — Surplus; excellence. (1.) Father-in-law of Moses (Ex. 4:18 marg.), called elsewhere Jethro (q.v.). (2.) The oldest of Gideon’s seventy sons (Judg. 8:20). (3.) The father of Amasa, David’s general (1…
Mahanaim — Two camps, a place near the Jabbok, beyond Jordan, where Jacob was met by the “angels of God,” and where he divided his retinue into “two hosts” on his return from Padan-aram (Gen. 32:2). This name…
Murder — Wilful murder was distinguished from accidental homicide, and was invariably visited with capital punishment (Num. 35:16, 18, 21, 31; Lev. 24:17). This law in its principle is founded on the fact of…
Nahash — Serpent. (1.) King of the Ammonites in the time of Saul. The inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead having been exposed to great danger from Nahash, sent messengers to Gibeah to inform Saul of their extremity.…
Abigail · 2. Sister of David, and mother of Amasa — 2. Sister of David, and mother of Amasa

2 Samuel 17:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 17:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 17:25

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 17:25

John Gill on 2 Samuel 17:25

Dictionary and topics

2 Samuel 17:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 17:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 17:25

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 17:25

John Gill on 2 Samuel 17:25

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 17:25-26

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 17:25

Rashi on 2 Samuel 17:25