21. After Absalom’s servants left, both men came out of the cistern and went and told King David. “Leave right away,” they told David. “Cross the river quickly because this is what Ahithophel has advised against you. . . .”
22. David and all the troops with him left to cross the Jordan River. When the dawn came, everyone had crossed the Jordan River.
23. When Ahithophel saw that his advice hadn’t been followed, he saddled his donkey, left, and went home to his own city. He gave instructions to his family. Then he hanged himself, died, and was buried in his father’s tomb.
24. David had ⌊already⌋ come to Mahanaim by the time Absalom and all the men of Israel with him crossed the Jordan River.
25. Absalom appointed Amasa to take Joab’s place as commander of the army. (Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, a descendant of Ishmael. His mother was Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Joab’s mother Zeruiah.)
26. The Israelites and Absalom camped in the region of Gilead.
27. When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi, son of Nahash from Rabbah in Ammon, and Machir, son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai from Rogelim in Gilead
28. brought ⌊supplies⌋ and food for David and his troops: bedding, bowls, pots, wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,
29. honey, buttermilk, sheep, and calves. They brought these things because they thought, “The troops in the desert are hungry, exhausted, and thirsty.”