Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on 2 Samuel 20:4 in English Standard Version "Then the king said to Amasa, “Call the men of Judah together to me within three days, and be here yourself.”" 2Sa 17:25 Now Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had married Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother. 2Sa 19:13 And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me and more also, if you are not commander of my army from now on in place of Joab.’”