2Sa 17:27-29, 19:31-40, Pro 27:10 | ESV | STEP | When David came to Mahanaim , Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites , and Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar , and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim ,

2 Samuel 17:27-29

27 When David came to Mahanaim, ^aShobi the son of Nahash from ^bRabbah of the Ammonites, and ^cMachir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and ^dBarzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim, 28 brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, wheat, barley, flour, parched grain, beans and lentils, ^{▼▼Hebrew adds and parched grain} 29 honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, “The people are hungry and ^fweary and thirsty ^gin the wilderness.”

2 Samuel 19:31-40

31 Now ^hBarzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim, and he went on with the king to the Jordan, to escort him over the Jordan. 32 Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old. ⁱHe had provided the king with food while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man. 33 And the king said to Barzillai, “Come over with me, and I will provide for you with me in Jerusalem.” 34 But Barzillai said to the king, ^j“How many years have I still to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? 35 I am this day ^keighty years old. Can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or what he drinks? Can I still listen to the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be ^lan added burden to my lord the king? 36 Your servant will go a little way over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward? 37 Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. But here is your servant ^mChimham. Let him go over with my lord the king, and do for him whatever seems good to you.” 38 And the king answered, “Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good to you, and all that you desire of me I will do for you.” 39 Then all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over. And ⁿthe king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own home. 40 The king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him. All the people of Judah, and also half the people of Israel, brought the king on his way.

Proverbs 27:10

10 Do not forsake your friend and ^oyour father’s friend,
and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.
^pBetter is a neighbor who is near
than a brother who is far away.