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2 Samuel 19:32

BarzillaiMahanaim
Old ageGenerosityFaithfulness and loyalty

30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.

31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.

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.

33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.

34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

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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.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 25:2

    And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

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  • Deuteronomy 34:7

    And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

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  • Job 1:3

    His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

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  • Genesis 47:28

    And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.

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  • Proverbs 16:31

    The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

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  • Genesis 9:29

    And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.

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  • Genesis 25:7

    And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.

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  • Genesis 5:27

    And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

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