²⁵ And Absalom made ^(A)Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab. This Amasa was the son of a man whose name was ^[a]Jithra, an ^[b]Israelite, who had gone in to ^(B)Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

¹⁷ Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was ^[a]Jether the Ishmaelite.