2 Samuel 17:26

New American Bible - revised edition

Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:25

Absalom had put Amasa in command of the army in Joab’s place. Amasa was the son of an Ishmaelite named Ithra, who had married Abigail, daughter of Jesse and sister of Joab’s mother Zeruiah.

2 Samuel 17:27

When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi, son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir, son of Ammiel from Lodebar, and Barzillai, the Gileadite from Rogelim,

2 Samuel 18:6

David’s army then took the field against Israel, and a battle was fought in the forest near Mahanaim.

Deuteronomy 3:15

To Machir I gave Gilead,

Joshua 17:1

Now as for the lot that fell to the tribe of Manasseh as the firstborn of Joseph: since Manasseh’s eldest son, Machir, the father of Gilead, was a warrior, who had already obtained Gilead and Bashan,