1 Chronicles 2:17 Meaning and Explanation
“And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.”
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Read Full Chapter →David's sister Abigail bears Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.
What Does 1 Chronicles 2:17 Mean?
The chronicler records that David's other sister, Abigail, bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite. Amasa would later become a commander in Israel, briefly set over the army. The note that his father was an Ishmaelite quietly shows how foreign blood was already woven into the family of David.
From the beginning, God's covenant people were not sealed off from the nations around them. Outsiders married in, and their children took their place in Israel's story. This foreshadows the wide mercy of God, who would in Christ break down the wall between peoples and gather many nations into one family. The line of the King was never meant to be narrow, but to open at last to all who would come.
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What does 1 Chronicles 2:17 mean?
David's sister Abigail bears Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.