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2 Samuel 17:26

AbsalomGilead

24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.

So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,

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BSB
So the Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
KJV
So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
WEB
Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
ASV
And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
DARBY
And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
BLB
And Israel and Absalom encamped [in] the land of Gilead.
ÅB
Og Israel og Absalom leiret seg i Gileads land.
OTB
Og Absalom og israelittene slo leir i Gileads land.
B1930
Og Israel og Absalom leiret sig i Gileads land.

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  • Numbers 32:1–42

    Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

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  • Deuteronomy 3:15

    And I gave Gilead unto Machir.

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  • Joshua 17:1

    There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

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