³⁸ From the tribe of Gad they gave:

Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,

⁸ Abner son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army,^(A) took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth^[a][b] and moved him to Mahanaim.

²⁴ David had arrived at Mahanaim by the time Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

²⁷ When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash^(A) from Rabbah^(B) of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar,^(C) and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim^(D)

⁸ ‘Keep an eye on Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim who is with you. He uttered malicious curses against me the day I went to Mahanaim.^(A) But he came down to meet me at the River Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, “I will never kill you with the sword.”^(B)