1 Chronicles 2:32
Good News Translation
Jada, the brother of Shammai, had two sons, Jether and Jonathan, but Jether died without having any sons.

New Revised Standard Version
The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died childless.

Contemporary English Version
Jada was the father of Jether and Jonathan. Jether had no children,

New American Bible
The sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai, were Jether and Jonathan. Jether died childless.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sons of Jada the brother of Semei: Jether and Jonathan. And Jether also died without children.

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And the sons of Jada the brother of Semei: Jether and Jonathan. And Jether also died without children.

Jada.

1 Chronicles 2:28 And Onam had sons Semei, and Jada. And the sons of Semei: Nadab, and Abisur.

Jether.

Exodus 4:18 Moses went his way, and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said to him; I will go and return to my brethren into Egypt, that I may see if they be yet alive. And Jethro said to him: Go in peace.

Judges 8:20 And he said to Jether, his eldest son: Arise, and slay them. But he drew not his sword: for he was afraid, being but yet a boy.

1 Kings 2:5,32 Thou knowest also what Joab, the son of Sarvia, hath done to me, what he did to the two captains of the army of Israel, to Abner, the son of Ner, and to Amasa, the son of Jether: whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. . . .

1 Chronicles 2:17,32 And Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ismahelite. . . .

1 Chronicles 4:17 And the sons of Esra, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon, and he begot Mariam, and Sammai, and Jesba the father of Esthamo.

1 Chronicles 7:38 The sons of Jether: Jephone, and Phaspha, and Ara.

(1) Father-in-law of Moses,

Exodus 4:18 Moses went his way, and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said to him; I will go and return to my brethren into Egypt, that I may see if they be yet alive. And Jethro said to him: Go in peace.

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Exodus 3:1 Now Moses fed the sheep of Jethro, his father in law, the priest of Madian: and he drove the flock to the inner parts of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, Horeb.

(2) Firstborn of Gideon,

Judges 8:20 And he said to Jether, his eldest son: Arise, and slay them. But he drew not his sword: for he was afraid, being but yet a boy.

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(3) Father of Amasa, slain by Joab,

1 Kings 2:5 Thou knowest also what Joab, the son of Sarvia, hath done to me, what he did to the two captains of the army of Israel, to Abner, the son of Ner, and to Amasa, the son of Jether: whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

; called Ithra.

2 Samuel 17:25 Now Absalom appointed Amasa in Joab's stead over the army: and Amasa was the son of a man who was called Jethra, of Jezrael, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Naas, the sister of Sarvia who was the mother of Joab.

(4) A descendant of Jerameel,

1 Chronicles 2:32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Semei: Jether and Jonathan. And Jether also died without children.

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(5) Son of Ezra, of Judah,

1 Chronicles 4:17 And the sons of Esra, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon, and he begot Mariam, and Sammai, and Jesba the father of Esthamo.

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(6) A son of Asher,

1 Chronicles 7:38 The sons of Jether: Jephone, and Phaspha, and Ara.

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Jonathan.

1 Samuel 13:2 And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel: and two thousand were with Saul in Machmas, and in mount Bethel: and a thousand with Jonathan in Gabaa of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent back every man to their dwellings.

died without children.

1 Chronicles 2:30 And the sons of Nadab were Saled and Apphaim. And Saled died without children.

Context
The Sons of Israel
31But the son of Apphaim was Jesi: and Jesi begot Sesan. And Sesan begot Oholai. 32And the sons of Jada the brother of Semei: Jether and Jonathan. And Jether also died without children.33But Jonathan begot Phaleth, and Ziza. These were the sons of Jerameel.…
Cross References
1 Chronicles 2:28
And Onam had sons Semei, and Jada. And the sons of Semei: Nadab, and Abisur.

1 Chronicles 2:31
But the son of Apphaim was Jesi: and Jesi begot Sesan. And Sesan begot Oholai.

1 Chronicles 2:33
But Jonathan begot Phaleth, and Ziza. These were the sons of Jerameel.

1 Chronicles 2:31
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