2 Samuel 17:21-29

Abigail : the widow of Nabal; wife of David,daughter of Jesse; sister of King David; wife of Ithra/Jether

Absalom : the son of David and Maacah

Ahithophel : a man from Giloh; father of Eliam, the father of Bathsheba

Amasa : son of David's sister Abigail and Jether the Ishmaelite,prince of Ephraim under Ahaz

Ammiel : a man sent by Moses as a spy,father of Machir who sheltered Mephibosheth after Saul's death,father of Bathshua/Bathsheba, David's wife,a Levite gatekeeper whose descendants returned from exile

Ammonites : the tribe/nation of people descended from Ben-Ammi, Lot's son,Territory of the tribe/nation of Ammon
(31° 57´, 35° 55´)

Barzillai : a man of Gilead from Rogelim who gave supplies to David,father-in-law of Merab, Saul's daughter; a Meholathite;,head of a clan of returnees lacking proof of being priests

David : a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel

Gilead : a mountainous region east of the Jordan & north of the Arnon to Hermon,son of Machir son of Manasseh; founder of the clan of Gilead,father of Jephthah the judge,son of Michael of the tribe of Gad
(32° 2´, 35° 43´)

Gileadite : member(s) of the clan, or residents of the region of Gilead
(32° 33´, 36° 0´)

Ishmaelite : member(s) of the clan of Ishmael

Israel : a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

Israelite : a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

Joab : son of Zeruiah, David's sister; commander of King David's army,son of Seraiah son of Kenaz of Judah; grand nephew of Caleb of Moses' time,a man whose descendants returned from exile in Babylon,ancestor of a family group who returned from exile headed by Obadiah the son of Jehiel

Jordan : the river that flows from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea,a river that begins at Mt. Hermon, flows south through Lake Galilee and on to its end at the Dead Sea 175 km away (by air)
(32° 18´, 35° 33´)

Lo-debar : a town of Gad, probably 15 km NE of Beth-Shan, just across the Jordan
(32° 39´, 35° 47´)

Lo-Debar : a town of Gad, probably 15 km NE of Beth-Shan, just across the Jordan
(32° 39´, 35° 47´)

Machir : son of Manasseh (Joseph); father of Hezron's wife and of Gilead,son of Ammiel at Lo-Debar; Mephibosheth's friend

Mahanaim : a town of Gad 6 km east of Succoth
(32° 12´, 35° 37´)

Nahash : the Ammonite that besieged Jabesh-Gilead in Saul's time,king of Ammon and King David's ally.,sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab; grandmother of Amasa

Rabbah : a town; the capital of the nation of Ammon. It is now called Amman, the capital of Jordan.,a town in the hill country of Judah
(31° 57´, 35° 55´)

Rogelim : a town in Gad (Gilead) probably 25 km east of Beth-Shan (SMM)
(32° 12´, 35° 37´)

Shobi : son of Nahash (Ammon); he assisted David's flight from Absolom

Zeruiah : daughter of Jesse; sister of David; mother of Abishai, Asahel and Joab