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2 Samuel 19:31-40

31AndBarzillaitheGileaditecameבָּ֞אba'H935downfromRogelim;andhewentH935overtheJordanwiththekingH4428,toconducthimovertheJordan.

32NowBarzillaiH1271wasavery aged man,evenfourscore years old:andhehadprovidedthekingH4428withsustenancewhilehelayatMahanaim;forhewasavery great man.

33AndthekingH4428said untoBarzillaiH1271, Come thouoverwithme,andIwillsustainH3557theewithmeinJerusalem.

34AndBarzillaiH1271saidH559untothekingH4428, How manyarethedaysoftheyearsofmylife,thatIshouldgoupwiththekingH4428untoJerusalemH3389?

35IamthisdayH3117fourscoreyearsold:canIdiscern between goodandbad?canthy servant tastewhatIeatorwhatIdrink?canIhearanymorethevoiceofsingingmenandsinging women? whereforethenshouldthy servantbeyetaburdenuntomylordthekingH4428?

36ThyservantH5650wouldbutjustgoovertheJordanwiththekingH4428:andwhyH4100shouldthekingH4428recompenseitmewithsuchareward?

37Let thyservantH5650,Ipray thee,turnback again,thatImaydieinmine own city,bythegraveofmyfatherandmymother.Butbehold, thyservantH5650Chimham; lethimgooverwithmylordthekingH4428;anddotohimwhatshallseem good unto thee.

38AndthekingH4428answered,ChimhamshallgoH7725overwithme,andIwilldotohimthatwhichshallseemgoodהַטּ֖וֹבha.TovH2896unto thee:andwhatsoever thou shalt requireofme,thatwillIdoforthee.

39AndallthepeoplewentovertheJordan,andthekingH4428wentover:andthekingH4428kissed Barzillai,andblessedhim;andhereturned untohisownH5869place.

40SothekingH4428wentH7725overtoGilgal,andChimhamwentH7725overwithhim:andallthepeopleH5971ofJudahbroughtH7725thekingH4428over,andalsohalfthepeopleH5971ofIsrael.

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