New American Standard Bible 2020
2 Samuel 19:36
36Your servant would merely cross over the Jordan with the king. So why should the king compensate me with this reward?
2 Samuel 19:36 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
- New International Version (NIV)Your servant will cross over the Jordan with the king for a short distance, but why should the king reward me in this way?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your servant will go a little way over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your servant will go a little way across the Jordan with the king. And why should the king repay me with such a reward?
Context of 2 Samuel 19:36
34But Barzillai said to the king, “How long do I still have to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? 35I am now eighty years old. Can I distinguish between good and bad? Or can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Or can I still hear the voice of men and women singing? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king? Your servant would merely cross over the Jordan with the king. So why should the king compensate me with this reward? 37Please let your servant return, so that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. However, here is your servant Chimham; let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.” 38And the king answered, “Chimham shall cross over with me, and I will do for him what is good in your sight; and whatever you require of me, I will do for you.”
Read all of 2 Samuel 192 Samuel 19:36 word by word
כִּמְעַ֞ט יַעֲבֹ֧ר עַבְדְּךָ֛ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן אֶת־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְלָ֙מָּה֙ יִגְמְלֵ֣נִי הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ הַגְּמוּלָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת׃Read the interlinear
- Your servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- would merelyמְעַטme‛aţ me‛âţ · littleH4592
- crossעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
- the Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
- with the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- So whyמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
- compensateגָּמַלgâmal · to weanH1580
- thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
- rewardגְּמוּלָהgemûlâh · recompenseH1578
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 19:36
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 19:36
- 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
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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
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