25 Now Absalom had appointed Amasa(A) over the army in Joab’s place. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra[a] the Israelite;[b](B) Ithra had married Abigail daughter of Nahash.[c] Abigail was a sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother. 26 And Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead. 27 When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash(C) from Rabbah(D) of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar,(E) and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 17:25 Or Jether
  2. 2 Samuel 17:25 Some LXX mss read Ishmaelite
  3. 2 Samuel 17:25 Some LXX mss read Jesse

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