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25 And Absalom made aAmasa captain of the army instead of Joab. This Amasa was the son of a man whose name was1 Jithra, an Israelite, who had gone in to bAbigail 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 aShobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the people of Ammon, bMachir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and cBarzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim,  
28 brought beds and basins, earthen vessels and wheat, barley and flour, parched grain and beans, lentils and parched seeds,
29 honey and curds, sheep and cheese of the herd, for David and the people who were with him to eat. For they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty ain the wilderness.” 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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2 Samuel 17:27-29

when David was come to Mahanaim—The necessities of the king and his followers were hospitably ministered to by three chiefs, whose generous loyalty is recorded with honor in the sacred narrative.

Shobi—must have been a brother of Hanun. Disapproving, probably, of that young king's outrage upon the Israelite ambassadors, he had been made governor of Ammon by David on the conquest of that country.

Machir—(See II Samuel 9:4). Supposed by some to have been a brother of Bath-sheba, and

Barzillai—a wealthy old grandee, whose great age and infirmities made his loyal devotion to the distressed monarch peculiarly affecting. The supplies they brought, which (besides beds for the weary) consisted of the staple produce of their rich lands and pastures, may be classified as follows: eatables—wheat, barley, flour, beans, lentils, sheep, and cheese; drinkables—"honey and butter" or cream, which, being mixed together, form a thin, diluted beverage, light, cool, and refreshing. Being considered a luxurious refreshment (Song of Solomon 4:11), the supply of it shows the high respect that was paid to David by his loyal and faithful subjects at Mahanaim.




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