2 Samuel 17:26

26 Yisra'el and Avshalom encamped in the land of Gil`ad.

2 Samuel 17:26 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 17:26

So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
] Which belonged to the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh; here the Israelites that were with Absalom encamped, in order to give battle to David and his men.

2 Samuel 17:26 In-Context

24 Then David came to Machanayim. Avshalom passed over the Yarden, he and all the men of Yisra'el with him.

25 Avshalom set `Amasa over the host instead of Yo'av. Now `Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Yitra the Yisra'elite, who went in to Avigayil the daughter of Nachash, sister to Tzeru'yah, Yo'av's mother.

26 Yisra'el and Avshalom encamped in the land of Gil`ad.

27 It happened, when David was come to Machanayim, that Shovi the son of Nachash of Rabbah of the children of `Ammon, and Makhir the son of `Ammi'el of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gil`adite of Roglim,

28 brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched [grain], and beans, and lentils, and parched [pulse],