2 Samuel 19:32

Barzillai was very old, eighty years of age, and because he was a very wealthy man, he had provided the king with food while he was staying in Mahanaim.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

31Barzillai the Gileadite had also come down from Rogelim to help the king cross the Jordan and to make his way onwards from there.

33The king said to Barzillai, “Cross the Jordan with me, and I will provide for you while you stay with me in Jerusalem.”

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Cross References

Genesis 5:27Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

Genesis 25:7Abraham lived to be 175

Genesis 50:26Joseph died when he was 110. After his body was embalmed, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

1 Samuel 25:2A man from Maon was very wealthy. He had property in Carmel and owned one thousand goats and three thousand sheep. He was in Carmel shearing them.

2 Kings 15:20Menahem demanded payment from all the wealthy men of Israel, fifty shekels of silver each, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria retreated and did not stay in the country.

Psalms 90:3You turn people back into dust, saying, “Return to dust, human beings.”

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 19:32-40

Mephibosheth Meets David. ( b. c. 1023.) 31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. 32 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… Read the whole commentary →

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