24. David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
25. Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of Jether, an Ishmaelite who had married Abigail , the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
26. The Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
27. When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Makir son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim
28. brought bedding and bowls and articles of pottery. They also brought wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans and lentils,