24 Now David had come to Mahanaim, and Absalom had crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25 Absalom had appointed Amasa in place of Joab over the army. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who had married Abigail the daughter of Nahash the sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab.
26 Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
27 Just as David had arrived in Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites and Makir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim
28 brought beds and basins and objects of pottery, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,
29 honey, curds, sheep, cheese, and cattle for David and for the people who were with him to eat. For they had thought, “The troops are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”