25 And Absalom made (A)Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab. This Amasa was the son of a man whose name was [a]Jithra, an [b]Israelite, who had gone in to (B)Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother. 26 So Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.

27 Now it happened, when David had come to Mahanaim, that (C)Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the people of Ammon, (D)Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and (E)Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 17:25 Jether, 1 Chr. 2:17
  2. 2 Samuel 17:25 So with MT, some LXX mss., Tg.; some LXX mss. Ishmaelite (cf. 1 Chr. 2:17); Vg. of Jezrael

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