2 Samuel 19:32
30 And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!”
31 Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and send him on his way from there.
Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
33 The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.”
34 But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
- KJV
- Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
- WEB
- Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old. He had provided the king with sustenance while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.
- ASV
- Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
- DARBY
- And Barzillai was very aged, eighty years old; and it was he that had maintained the king while he abode at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
- BLB
- And Barzillai [was] very old, a son of eighty years, and he had provided for the king while he stayed at Mahanaim. For he [was] a very rich man.
- ÅB
- Barsillai var meget gammel, åtti år; han hadde sørget for mat og drikke til kongen under hans opphold i Mahana'im; for han var en meget rik mann.
- OTB
- Barsillai var en eldre mann, åtti år gammel, og han hadde forsynt kongen med mat mens han oppholdt seg i Mahanaim, for han var en meget rik mann.
- B1930
- Barsillai var meget gammel, åtti år; han hadde sørget for mat og drikke til kongen under hans ophold i Mahana'im; for han var en meget rik mann.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 25:2
Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 34:7
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
Read in contextJob 1:3
and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
Read in contextGenesis 47:28
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.
Read in contextProverbs 16:31
Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
Read in contextGenesis 9:29
So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
Read in contextGenesis 25:7
Abraham lived a total of 175 years.
Read in contextGenesis 5:27
So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
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