²⁵ And Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab; and Amasa was the son of a man^◦ whose name was Ithra, an Israelite that came·​·in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, the sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab.

⁸ And Abner, the son of Ner, the commander^◦ of the army for Saul, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and had him cross·​·over to Mahanaim,