What the Bible says about

Jether

8 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools

“So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.”
Judges 8:20 BSB
“Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.”
1 Kings 2:5 BSB
“The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.”
1 Kings 2:32 BSB
“Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.”
1 Chronicles 2:17 BSB
“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 BSB
“The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.”
1 Chronicles 2:32 BSB
“The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.”
1 Chronicles 7:38 BSB
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