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2 Samuel 17:25
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2 Samuel 17:25
New Catholic Bible
25 Absalom had appointed Amasa to be commander of the army in Joab’s place. Amasa was the son of a man called Ithra the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Joab’s mother Zeruiah.
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2 Samuel 19:13
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2 Samuel 19:13
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13 “And say to Amasa: ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh?[a] May God deal with me in the most severe way possible if from now on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab.’ ”
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- 2 Samuel 19:13 My bone and my flesh: David displays his keen sense of diplomacy in replacing Joab and appointing Amasa as his commander, thereby, effecting the union of the kingdom which is what David was all about.
2 Samuel 19:20
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2 Samuel 19:20
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20 I humbly admit that I have sinned. Today I am the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.” Read full chapter
