2 Samuel 17:25 meaning and explanation
Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
2 Samuel 17:25, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
This verse pauses the fast-moving story of Absalom's rebellion to explain a change in military command. Absalom, having taken Jerusalem and driven his father David into the wilderness, replaces David's general Joab with Amasa.
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