2 Samuel 17:26

26 Israel and Absalom camped [in] the land of Gilead.

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 Now David had come to Mahanaim, and Absalom had crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

25 Absalom had appointed Amasa in place of Joab over the army. Now Amasa [was] the son of a man whose name [was] Ithra the Israelite, {who had married} Abigail the daughter of Nahash the sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab.

26 Israel and Absalom camped [in] the land of Gilead.

27 Just as David had arrived in Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the {Ammonites} and Makir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim

28 brought beds and basins and objects of pottery, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,