2 Samuel 17:25

17:25 Absalom had made Amasa general in command of the army in place of Joab. (Now Amasa was the son of an Israelite man named Jether, who had married ¹  Abigail the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.)

2 Samuel 19:13

19:13 Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my flesh and blood? ²  God will punish me severely, ³  if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

2 Samuel 19:1

19:1 (19:2) Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”

2 Samuel 2:17

2:17 Now the battle was very severe that day; Abner and the men of Israel were overcome by David’s soldiers. ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “come to.”

² tn Heb “my bone and my flesh.”

³ tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”

⁴ tn Heb “servants.” So also elsewhere.