Encyclopedia entry
Jether
Disambiguation
The source enumerates 6 distinct subjects under Jether. Jump to one below, or read in order.
Surplus; excellence.
Jether (1)
#Father-in-law of Moses (Ex. 4:18 marg.), called elsewhere Jethro (q.v.).
Jether (2)
#The oldest of Gideon’s seventy sons (Judg. 8:20).
Jether (3)
#The father of Amasa, David’s general (1 Kings 2:5, 32); called Ithra (2 Sam. 17:25).
Jether (4)
#Jether (5)
#1 Chr. 2:32; one of Judah’s posterity.
Jether (6)
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Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(his excellence).
Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses. (Exodus 4:18) (B.C. 1530.) The first-born of Gideon’s seventy sons. (Judges 8:20) (B.C. 1256.) The father of Amasa, captain-general of Absalom’s army. (B.C. 1023.) Jether is another form of Ithra. (2 Samuel 17:25) He is described in (1 Chronicles 2:17) as an Ishmaelite, which again is more likely to be correct than the “Israelite” of the Hebrew in (2 Samuel 17:1) ... The son of Jada, a descendant of Hezron, of the tribe of Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:32) The son of Ezra. (1 Chronicles 2:32) The chief of a family of warriors of the line of Asher, and father of Jephunneh. (1 Chronicles 7:38) He is probably the same as Ithran in the preceding verse.
In the Bible
7
Verses where Jether is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 2:17
Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.
- 1 Chronicles 2:32
The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.
- 1 Chronicles 4:17
The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
- 1 Chronicles 7:38
The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.
- 1 Kings 2:5
Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
- 1 Kings 2:32
The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
+1 more verse naming Jether.
Scripture on Jether
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Jether references
22
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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