2 Samuel 19:32

2 Samuel 19:32 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Now Barzillai was very old, eighty years of age. He had provided for the king during his stay in Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old. He had provided the king with food while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old. And he had provided the king with supplies while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man.

Context of 2 Samuel 19:32

30Mephibosheth said to the king, “Let him even take it all, since my lord the king has returned to his own house in safety and peace.” 31Now Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim and went on to the Jordan with the king to escort him over the Jordan. Barzillai was a very old man, eighty years old; and he had provided the king with food while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great and wealthy man. 33The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me and I will provide for you in Jerusalem with me.” 34But Barzillai said to the king, “How much longer have I to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

2 Samuel 19:32 word by word

וּבַרְזִלַּי֙ זָקֵ֣ן מְאֹ֔ד בֶּן־שְׁמֹנִ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וְהֽוּא־כִלְכַּ֤ל אֶת־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּשִׁיבָת֣וֹ בְמַחֲנַ֔יִם כִּֽי־אִ֛ישׁ גָּד֥וֹל ה֖וּא מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now Barzillaiבַּרְזִלַּיbarzillay · BarzillaiH1271
• was a veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• agedזָקֵןzâqên · be oldH2204
• fourscoreשְׁמֹנִיםshemônîym shemônîym · eightyH8084
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• oldבֵּןbên · son: agedH1121
• and he had provided the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of sustenanceכּוּלkûl · to sustainH3557
• while he layשִׁיבָהshîybâh · sojournH7871
• at Mahanaimמַחֲנַיִםmachănayim · MahanaimH4266
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 19:32

• Genesis 5:27So Methuselah lived nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.
• Genesis 9:29So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.
• Genesis 25:7The days of Abraham’s life were a hundred and seventy-five years.
• Genesis 47:28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the length of Jacob’s life was a hundred and forty-seven years.
• Genesis 50:26So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
• Deuteronomy 34:7Although Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, his eyesight was not dim, nor his natural strength abated.
• Psalms 90:3You turn man back to dust, And say, “Return [to the earth], O children of [mortal] men!”
• Proverbs 16:31The silver-haired head is a crown of splendor and glory; It is found in the way of righteousness.
• 2 Samuel 17:27When 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
• 1 Samuel 25:2Now there was a man in Maon whose business and possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very rich. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats, and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel
• Job 1:3He also possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke (pairs) of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very great number of servants, so that this man was the greatest [and wealthiest and most respected] of all the men of the east (northern Arabia).

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 19:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32Barzillai was a very aged man - This venerable person had given full proof of his attachment to David by the supplies he had given him when he lay at Mahanaim, where his case was all but desperate; the sincerity of his congratulations now none can suspect. David's offer to him was at once noble and liberal: he wished to compensate such a man, and he wished to have at hand such a friend.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-39Verses 31-39 Barzillai thought he had done himself honour in doing the king any service. Thus, when the saints shall be called to inherit the kingdom, they will be amazed at the recompence being so very far beyond the service, Mt 25:37. A good man would not go any where to be burdensome; or, will rather be so to his own house than to another's. It is good for all, but especially becomes old people, to think and speak much of dying. The grave is ready for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-40Barzillai was old and weak, so he turned down David's invitation to the royal court in Jerusalem. This invitation was a reward for Barzillai's help. Instead, David took Barzillai’s son Kimham (see also 1 Kings 2:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-4031-40. Barzillai the Gileadite--The rank, great age, and chivalrous devotion of this Gileadite chief wins our respect. His declining to go to court, his recommendation of his son, his convoy across the Jordan, and his parting scene with the king, are interesting incidents. What mark of royal favor was bestowed on Chimham has not been recorded; but it is probable that David gave a great part of his personal patrimony in Beth-lehem to Chimham and his heirs…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 19:32

• Barzillai
• Citizens
• David
• Liberality
• Longevity
• Loyalty

In the dictionaries

• Conduct
• Cost
• Lord
• Age; Old Age
• Barzillai
• Benjamin
• Bible, the
• David
• Israel, History of
• Samuel, Books of

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings