2 Samuel 17:25-27

GOD’S WORD Translation

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.^[a] His mother was Abigail,^[b] 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