"Who was Amasa's father?" (Alleged Contradiction #E4173)
And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
II Samuel 17:25
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
I Chronicles 2:17
Response
There are a couple of possibilities:
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Jether also went by the name Ithra and had dual citizenship or mixed nationality as an Israelite and an Ishmeelite (which is perhaps why he went by two names---perhaps he adapted his name after moving his citizenship).
- Jether is the biological father, but Ithra is the step-father
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