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WHO WAS AMASA'S FATHER?  ITHRA OR JETHER?
II Samuel 17:25. 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. (KJV)


I Chronicles 2:17. And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite. (KJV)

Both Ithra and Jether are variations on the name "Jethro", so they're likely the same person.  Not a contradiction.

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