13 So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men, and David led(A) the troops in their campaigns.(B)

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13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

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25 Absalom had appointed Amasa(A) over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of Jether,[a](B) an Ishmaelite[b] who had married Abigail,[c] the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 17:25 Hebrew Ithra, a variant of Jether
  2. 2 Samuel 17:25 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 2:17); Hebrew and other Septuagint manuscripts Israelite
  3. 2 Samuel 17:25 Hebrew Abigal, a variant of Abigail

25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

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18 David mustered the men who were with him and appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

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18 And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them.

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