2 Samuel 17:22–29

²²So David and all the people with him set out and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, no one was left who had not crossed the Jordan.

²³When Ahithophel saw that his advice^c had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his house in order^d and then hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

Absalom’s Death

²⁴David went to Mahanaim,^e and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel. ²⁵Absalom had appointed Amasa^f over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of Jether,^dg an Ishmaelite^e who had married Abigal, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab. ²⁶The Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.

²⁷When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash^h from Rabbahⁱ of the Ammonites, and Makir^j son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai^k the Gileadite^l from Rogelim ²⁸brought bedding and bowls and articles of pottery. They also brought wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans and lentils,^{f 29}honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows’ milk for David and his people to eat.^m For they said, “The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.ⁿ”