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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)He was very old—eighty years of age—and very wealthy. He was the one who had provided food for the king during his stay in Mahanaim.

Context of 2 Samuel 19:32

30Mephibosheth said to the king, “Let him take everything, now that my lord the king has returned home safely.” 31Barzillai the Gileadite also came down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and to send him on his way from there. 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. 33The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me and stay with me in Jerusalem, and I will provide for you.” 34But Barzillai answered the king, “How many more years will I live, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?

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 5:27Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
• Genesis 9:29Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
• Genesis 25:7Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years.
• Genesis 47:28Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.
• Genesis 50:26So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
• Deuteronomy 34:7Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.
• Psalms 90:3You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”
• Proverbs 16:31Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness.
• 2 Samuel 17:27When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Makir son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim
• 1 Samuel 25:2A certain man in Maon, who had property there at Carmel, was very wealthy. He had a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
• Job 1:3and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.

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

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• Age; Old Age
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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