2 Samuel 17:26

The English Standar Version

And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.

Cross References

Joshua 17:1

Then allotment was made to the people of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war.

Deuteronomy 3:15

To Machir I gave Gilead,

2 Samuel 17:25

Now Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite,[6] who had married Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

2 Samuel 17:27

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

2 Samuel 18:6

So the army went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim.