Topic
Jether
14 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Judges 8:20Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Gideon, “was afraid” to kill the Midianite kings
And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
- 2 Samuel 17:25Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. An Ishmaelite who married David's sister — Called ITHRA
¶ 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.
- 1 Chronicles 2:32Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. A son of Jada
And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
- 1 Chronicles 7:38Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 5. A chief of the line of Asher
And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
- Exodus 4:18Easton · Smith · ISBE
¶ And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
- 1 Kings 2:5Easton · ISBE · Nave 2. An Ishmaelite who married David's sister
Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood…
- 1 Kings 2:32Easton · ISBE · Nave 2. An Ishmaelite who married David's sister
And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the…
- 1 Chronicles 2:17Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. An Ishmaelite who married David's sister
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
- 1 Chronicles 4:17Easton · ISBE · Nave
And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
- Judges 6:34ISBE
But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abi-ezer was gathered after him.
- Judges 7:1–25ISBE
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. And the LORD said unto…
- Judges 8:4ISBE
¶ And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
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- 2 Samuel 17:1 Smith
- 1 Chronicles 7:37 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 8 references
Surplus; excellence. (1.) Father-in-law of Moses (Ex. 4:18 marg.), called elsewhere Jethro (q.v.).
(2.) The oldest of Gideon’s seventy sons (Judg. 8:20).
(3.) The father of Amasa, David’s general (1 Kings 2:5, 32); called Ithra (2 Sam. 17:25).
(4.) 1 Chr. 7:38.
(5.) 1 Chr. 2:32; one of Judah’s posterity.
(6.) 1 Chr. 4:17.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 8 references
- 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.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 13 references
je'-ther (yether, "abundance"):
(1) Ex 4:18 the Revised Version margin, King James Version, margin.
See JETHRO.
(2) Gideon's eldest son (Jud 8:20), who was called upon by his father to slay Zebah and Zalmunnah, but "feared, because he was yet a youth." The narrative there (Jud 8:4) should be connected with that of Jud 6:34, where Gideon is followed by his clan, and not with that of Jud 7, where he has 300 picked men. The captives would be taken to Orpah, Gideon's home, and slain there.
(3) Father of Amasa (1Ki 2:5,32); he was an Ishmaelite according to 1Ch 2:17 = "Ithra, the Israelite" of 2Sa 17:25, where "the Ishmaelite" should be read for "the Israelite."
(4) A Jerahmeelite (1Ch 2:32 twice).
(5) A Judahite (1Ch 4:17).
(6) A man of Asher (1Ch 7:38) = "Ithran" of 1Ch 7:37.
David Francis Roberts
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 8 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.