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Jether

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By: James P. Boyd

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(who excels). (1) Son of Gideon (Judg. 8:20²⁰And 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. (Judges 8:20)). (2) Father of Amasa (1 Chron. 2:17¹⁷And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite. (1 Chronicles 2:17)). (3) Others (1 Chron. 2:32; 4:17; 7:38³²And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children. (1 Chronicles 2:32)
¹⁷And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. (1 Chronicles 4:17)
³⁸And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. (1 Chronicles 7:38)).

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