One of the people who helped David when he was fleeing from Absalom's rebellion.
2 Sam 17:27When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Makir son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Roglim2 Sam 17:28brought beds and basins and earthenware, and wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans and lentils, and roasted grain,2 Sam 17:29and 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 weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”