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2 Samuel 19:39

in 2 Samuel 19

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

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over: and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.

KJV

And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.

This verse in 2 Samuel 19

Commentary

7 notes on this verse
The “people” is the term especially applied in this narrative to David’s followers 2Sa 15:17; 2Sa 16:14; 2Sa 17:2; 2Sa 18:1-2; 2Sa 19:2-3. They crossed by the ford, while David and his household, accompanied by Barzillai and Chimham, came over in the ferry.

This site's exposition

Chimham will cross over with me

on 2 Samuel 19:38-39

David grants Barzillai's request in full, taking Chimham in his father's place and promising to do for him whatever Barzillai asks. Barnes notes that Chimham's household is still remembered generations later at Jeremiah 41:17, settled near Bethlehem on land that may have come from David's inheritance.

This site's exposition

kissed Barzillai and blessed him

Albert Barnes notes that the people in this narrative are David's followers, who crossed by the ford while the royal household came over by boat. Adam Clarke takes the blessing as a prayer for Barzillai's prosperity, which may have been prophetic. He then went home to Rogelim.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), signifying that in gratitude for his kindnesses he would love him and pray for him, and with a promise that whatever request he should at any time make to him he would be ready to oblige him (

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation

And all the people went over Jordan,.... That were with David: and when the king was come over; over Jordan, had got to the other side of it, whither Barzillai accompanied him: the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; took his leave of him with a kiss, as friends were wont to do at parting, thanked him for all his favours, wished him well, and prayed to God to bless him with all blessings temporal and spiritual: and he returned to his own place: his own city Rogelim, having crossed over again the river Jordan.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

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 in perpetuity (Jer 41:17).

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

The king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him - The kiss was the token of friendship and farewell; the blessing was a prayer to God for his prosperity, probably a prophetical benediction.

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּעֲבֹ֧רand it passed over

    vaiyaavorH5674 →556 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הָעָ֛םthe people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ןthe Jordan

    haiyardenH3383 →182 times

  • וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְand the king

    vehamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • עָבָ֑רhe passed over

    ʾavarH5674 →556 times

  • וַיִּשַּׁ֨קand he kissed

    vaiyishakH5401 →35 times

  • הַמֶּ֤לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • לְבַרְזִלַּי֙<to> Barzillai

    levarzilaiH1271 →12 times

  • וַיְבָ֣רֲכֵ֔הוּand he blessed him

    vayvarakhehuH1288 →330 times

  • וַיָּ֖שָׁבand he returned

    vaiyashovH7725 →1056 times

  • לִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃ סto own place his

    limkomoH4725 →401 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Ruth 1:14

    Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 18:24

      A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

    • Matthew 16:24

      Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

    • Matthew 10:37

      Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;

  • Through

    Genesis 31:55

    Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 31:28

      But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.

    • Genesis 30:25

      Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.

  • Through

    Genesis 45:15

    Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him.

    it leads to

    • Luke 15:20

      So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and…

  • Through

    Genesis 47:7

    Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 47:10

      Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from his presence.

    • 2 Samuel 14:22

      Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor with you, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Samuel

David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.