1 Kings 2:7
'And to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite thou dost do kindness, and they have been among those eating at thy table, for so they drew near unto me in my fleeing from the face of Absalom thy brother.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6and thou hast done according to thy wisdom, and dost not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol.
Cross References
2 Samuel 9:7And David saith to him, 'Be not afraid; for I certainly do with thee kindness because of Jonathan thy father, and have given back to thee all the field of Saul thy father, and thou dost eat bread at my table continually.'
2 Samuel 15:13And he who is declaring tidings cometh in unto David, saying, 'The heart of the men of Israel hath been after Absalom.'
2 Samuel 19:28for all the house of my father have been nothing except men of death before my lord the king, and thou dost set thy servant among those eating at thy table, and what right have I any more — even to cry any more unto the king?'
2 Samuel 19:38And the king saith, 'With me doth Chimham go over, and I do to him that which [is] good in thine eyes, yea, all that thou dost fix on me I do to thee.'
2 Kings 25:30and his allowance — a continual allowance — hath been given to him from the king, the matter of a day in its day, all days of his life.
Jeremiah 52:33and he hath changed his prison garments, and he hath eaten bread before him continually, all the days of his life.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 2:2-12
David's Dying Charge; David's Death and Burial. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, 2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man; 3 And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: 4… Read the whole commentary →