23. When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and went back to his own city. After putting his affairs in order, he hanged himself. He was buried in the family grave.
24. David had reached the town of Mahanaim by the time Absalom and the Israelites had crossed the Jordan.
25. (Absalom had put Amasa in command of the army in the place of Joab. Amasa was the son of Jether the Ishmaelite; his mother was Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Joab's mother Zeruiah.)
26. Absalom and his men camped in the land of Gilead.