From 96bda325ebeaac284ac211bed1d94313ab2b5a29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Warren Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 09:37:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Israelite to Ishmaelite --- 10-2SA/17.usfm | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/10-2SA/17.usfm b/10-2SA/17.usfm index 56804934..daf4015e 100644 --- a/10-2SA/17.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/17.usfm @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 24 David and his soldiers arrived at Mahanaim. At the same time, Absalom and all his soldiers also crossed the Jordan River. -\v 25 Now Absalom had appointed his cousin Amasa to be the commander of his army, instead of Joab. Amasa, son of Jether, an Israelite. Amasa's mother was Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Joab's mother Zeruiah. +\v 25 Now Absalom had appointed his cousin Amasa to be the commander of his army, instead of Joab. Amasa, son of Jether, an Ishmaelite \f + \ft The Masoretic Text at vs 25 has "Israelite" but the parallel passage in 1CH 2:17 has "Ishmaelite" as does the LXX at 2SA 17:25 (which we are following here). Scholars are divided, but "Ishmaelite" appears to many to be the correct reading. \f*. Amasa's mother was Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Joab's mother Zeruiah. \v 26 Absalom and his Israelite soldiers set up their tents in the region of Gilead. \s5