²⁴ Then David came to ^(A)Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. ²⁵ Absalom put ^(B)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 ^(C)Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother. ²⁶ And Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.