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Absalom places Amasa over the army.
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2 Samuel 17:25

Amasa commands Absalom’s army

Counsel and Counter-Counsel · 2 Samuel 17

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25And Absalom set Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who had gone in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

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