Barzillai

So all the people crossed the Jordan, and then the king crossed over. The king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and Barzillai returned home.

But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?

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

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

And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and…