Bible Person
Meaning: he that excels · Male · 4 cross references
Jether, also called Ithra in related texts, is the father of Amasa through Abigail and thus part of David's extended family network. His significance lies in the family connection that later reaches into military leadership and royal conflict. First appears in 2 Sam 17:25.1
AI summary: Jether matters because the cross references preserve him as the father of Amasa, a key military figure in the turbulent years of David's reign. Through Abigail, his household is drawn into the wider royal family, which gives the patronymic more than genealogical interest. His line becomes entangled with major political and military developments. Taken together, the material presents Jether as the remembered father behind Amasa's consequential place in David's story.1
Central Figure
Jether
Meaning: he that excels
The father of Amasa, David’s general (1 Kings 2:5, 32); called Ithra (2 Sam.
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Children
The father of Amasa, David’s general (1 Kings 2:5, 32); called Ithra (2 Sam. 17:25). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.