And Absalom made Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab — Now Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Israelite, who had married Abigail the daughter of Jesse, David's sister — so he was David's cousin — Absalom appoints Amasa as commander instead of Joab. Amasa is David's cousin (his mother Abigail was David's sister), creating a complex kinship dynamic. The appointment of a relative suggests Absalom's effort to build loyalty within David's own family circle.

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