2 Samuel 19:32

Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed 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

31Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and send him on his way from there.

33The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.”

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Cross References

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

Genesis 25:7Abraham lived a total of 175 years.

Genesis 50:26So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.

1 Samuel 25:2Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.

2 Kings 15:20Menahem exacted this money from each of the wealthy men of Israel—fifty shekels of silver from each man—to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not remain in the land.

Psalms 90:3You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”

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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