²⁷ When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash^(A) from Rabbah^(B) of the Ammonites, and Makir^(C) son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai^(D) the Gileadite^(E) from Rogelim ²⁸ brought bedding and bowls and articles of pottery. They also brought wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans and lentils,^{[a] 29} honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows’ milk for David and his people to eat.^(F) For they said, “The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.^(G)”

⁸ “And remember, you have with you Shimei^(A) son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, who called down bitter curses on me the day I went to Mahanaim.^(B) When he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore^(C) to him by the Lord: ‘I will not put you to death by the sword.’