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25 Absalom had appointed Amasa in place of Joab over the army. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who had married[a] Abigail the daughter of Nahash the sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab. 26 Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead. 27 Just as David had arrived in Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites[b] and Makir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 17:25 Literally “who went to”
  2. 2 Samuel 17:27 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”