Ithra

ith'-ra (yithra', "abundance"): The father of Amasa, commanding general in the rebel army of Absalom. It seems that his mother was Abigail, a sister or half-sister of King David (1 Chr 2:17). She is called the sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother (2 Sam 17:25). In this same passage Ithra is called an "Israelite," but in 1 Chr 2:17; 1 Kgs 2:5; 1 Kgs 2:32, we read: "Jether the Ishmaelite."