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25 Absalom had made Amasa general in command of the army in place of Joab. (Now Amasa was the son of an Israelite man named Jether, who had married[a] Abigail the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.) 26 The army of Israel[b] and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.

27 When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Makir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 17:25 tn Heb “come to.”
  2. 2 Samuel 17:26 tn Heb “and Israel.”