Study it in the app“When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim”
Whenוַיְהִי כְּDavidדָוִדcameבוֹאto Mahanaim,מַחֲנָיְמָהShobiוְשֹׁבִיsonבֶןof Nahashנָחָשׁfrom Rabbahמֵרַבַּתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Ammon,עַמּוֹןand Machirוּמָכִירsonבֶּןof Ammielעַמִּיאֵלfrom Lo-debar,מִלֹּא דְבָרand Barzillaiוּבַרְזִלַּיthe Gileaditeהַגִּלְעָדִיfrom Rogelimמֵרֹגְלִים
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appearsMahanaim
Mahanaim: "two camps". A place east of the Jordan.
Where else “machanayma” appearsShobi
Shobi, son of Nahash, of Rabbah of the Ammonites, one of those who brought provisions to David at Mahanaim (2 Samuel 17:27). He appears only here.
Where else “shovi” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appearsNahash
Nahash: the name of two people; best known is the king of the Ammonites who besieged Jabesh-gilead (1 Samuel 11:1). The name means "serpent".
Where else “nachash” appearsRabbah
Rabbah, the capital of the sons of Ammon; also a town in Judah. The name means "great."
Where else “rabat” appearsAmmon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appearsMachir
Machir, the name of two men: the son of Manasseh, father of Gilead, and the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, who took in Mephibosheth and later helped David.
Where else “machir” appearsAmmiel
Ammiel, a scout from the tribe of Dan; other men bear the same name. It means "people of God."
Where else “amiel” appearsLo-debar
Lo-debar: a town of Gilead, east of the Jordan, where Mephibosheth lived in the house of Machir (2 Samuel 9:4).
Where else “lo” appearsBarzillai
Barzillai: the name of several men in the Bible: the rich old Gileadite from Rogelim who brought provisions to David when he fled from Absalom (2 Samuel 17 and 19); a man of Meholah, father of Adriel (2 Samuel 21:8); and a priest who took that name by marrying a daughter of the Gileadite (Ezra 2:61). The lexicon relates the name to "iron."
Where else “varzilay” appearsGileadite
Gileadite: a descendant of Gilead, or an inhabitant of the region of Gilead.
Where else “giladi” appearsRogelim
Rogelim, a place in Gilead, east of the Jordan, the home of Barzillai (2 Samuel 17:27; 19:31). The lexicon links the name with "fullers" (those who tread cloth).
Where else “roglim” appearsAmmon
Today: Amman (Rabbah) and surroundings, Jordan
The land east of the Jordan around Rabbah (present-day Amman, Jordan).
The Ammonites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:38). Jephthah defeated them (Judg 11:32-33) and David took their capital (2 Sam 12:26).
26Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
27 · This verse (above)
28brought beds, basins, and potter’s vessels, wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, and roasted grain,
