Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithraᵃ, the Ishmaeliteᵇ who had married Abigailᶜ, the daughter of Nahashᵈ and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithraᵃ, the Ishmaeliteᵇ who had married Abigailᶜ, the daughter of Nahashᵈ and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.