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1 Chronicles 2:17
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite. (1 Chronicles 2:17)
Amasa.
 The general of Absalom (2 Sam. 17:25). Amasa was David’s nephew (2 Sam. 19:13). Hence Joab the son of Zeruiah (1 Chron. 2:16; 2 Sam. 2:18; 17:25) and Amasa were cousins.
Jether the Ishmeelite.
 Called, “Ithra an Israelite” (2 Sam. 17:25).