2 Samuel 17:24-29

New International Version

Absalom’s Death

²⁴ David went to Mahanaim,^(A) and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel. ²⁵ Absalom had appointed Amasa^(B) over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of Jether,^[a](C) an Ishmaelite^[b] who had married Abigail,^[c] the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab. ²⁶ The Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.

²⁷ When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash^(D) from Rabbah^(E) of the Ammonites, and Makir^(F) son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai^(G) the Gileadite^(H) from Rogelim ²⁸ brought bedding and bowls and articles of pottery. They also brought wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans and lentils,^{[d] 29} honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows’ milk for David and his people to eat.^(I) For they said, “The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.^(J)”