David Defeats the Ammonites^(A)

10 In the course of time, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun succeeded him as king.

² David thought, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash,^(A) just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father.

When David’s men came to the land of the Ammonites,

²⁶ Meanwhile Joab fought against Rabbah^(A) of the Ammonites and captured the royal citadel.

²⁹ So David mustered the entire army and went to Rabbah, and attacked and captured it.

³¹ Barzillai^(A) the Gileadite also came down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and to send him on his way from there.

³² Now Barzillai was very old, eighty years of age. He had provided for the king during his stay in Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy^(A) man.

⁷ “But show kindness^(A) to the sons of Barzillai^(B) of Gilead and let them be among those who eat at your table.^(C) They stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.