Captain: King Appoints

Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,

Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

Then David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of thousands and of hundreds.