25 Absalom put (A)Amasa [a]in command of the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was [b]Ithra the Israelite, who [c]had relations with Abigail the daughter of (B)Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother. 26 And Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.

27 Now when David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi (C)the son of Nahash from (D)Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, (E)Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and (F)Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 17:25 Lit over the army
  2. 2 Samuel 17:25 In 1 Chr 2:17, Jether the Ishmaelite
  3. 2 Samuel 17:25 Lit came in to

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