24. David had reached Mahanaim by the time Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25. Now Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. (Now Amasa was son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who had gone to Abigal daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.)
26. Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
27. Now when David reached Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, Machir son of Ammiel of Lo-debar and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim
28. brought beds, basins, clay pots, wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, parched seeds,
29. honey, curd, sheep and cheese from the herd for David and for the people who were with him to eat. For they said, “The people must be hungry, weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”