⁴⁰ Now the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him; and all the people of Judah and also ^(A)half the people of Israel ^[a]accompanied the king.

⁷ However, ^(A)show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and ^(B)let them be among those who eat at your table; ^(C)for ^[a]they assisted me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

¹⁷ And they went and stayed in ^[a](A)Geruth Chimham, which is beside Bethlehem, in order to ^(B)proceed into Egypt