²⁵ And Absalom set ^(A)Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was ^[a]Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of ^(B)Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

² And David sent the people out, ^(A)one-third under the hand of Joab, one-third under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and one-third under the hand of ^(B)Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, “I myself will surely go out with you also.”