⁷ “But show kindness to the sons of ^(A)Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who ^(B)eat at your table, for so ^(C)they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

² Then he ^[a]defeated ^(A)Moab, and the Moabites became David’s ^(B)servants, and brought tribute.

² And the ^(A)natives^[a] showed us unusual kindness; for they kindled a fire and made us all welcome, because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold.