John Gill's Exposition on 1 Chronicles 2:17

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Abigail bare Amasa, etc.] Who was Absalom’s general, afterwards reconciled to David, and designed to be made general of his army, but was slain by Joab, (see <101725>2 Samuel 17:25 19:13 20:10), and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite; he is called an Israelite, (<101725>2 Samuel 17:25), and so in the Targum here, he being either a proselyte, or else he was an Israelite by birth, but called an Ishmaelite, because he had dwelt among the Ishmaelites some time, as Obededom is called the Gittite for the like reason; so Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it.

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