²⁷ Shobi, Makir, and Barzillai were at Mahanaim when David arrived. Shobi son of Nahash was from the Ammonite town of Rabbah. Makir son of Ammiel was from Lo Debar, and Barzillai was from Rogelim in Gilead. ²⁸ They brought beds, bowls, clay pots, wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, ·small peas [lentils], ²⁹ honey, milk curds, sheep, and cheese made from ·cows’ milk [^Lthe herd] for David and his people. They said, “The people are hungry and tired and thirsty in the ·desert [wilderness].”