 And Absalom ordained Amasa for Joab upon his host; and Amasa was the son of a man that was called Ithra of Jezreel, the which entered to Abigail, the daughter of Nahash, and the sister of Zeruiah, that was the mother of Joab. And Absalom ordained Amasa uponhis army, in Joabs place; and Amasa was the son of a man called Ithra, an Ishmaelite, who entered in to Abigail, who was Nahashs daughter, and Zeruiahs sister, Joabs mother. 