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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

2 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 shall go 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 by name generations later at Jeremiah 41:17, settled near Bethlehem on land that may have come from David's own inheritance. The parting itself is warm rather than formal, a kiss and a blessing before Barzillai turns back toward Rogelim.

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

    vaiyaavorH5674556 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H36055413 times

  • הָעָ֛םthe people

    haamH59711873 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ןthe Jordan

    haiyardenH3383182 times

  • וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְand the king

    vehamelekhH44282525 times

  • עָבָ֑רhe passed over

    ʾavarH5674556 times

  • וַיִּשַּׁ֨קand he kissed

    vaiyishakH540135 times

  • הַמֶּ֤לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH44282525 times

  • לְבַרְזִלַּי֙<to> Barzillai

    levarzilaiH127112 times

  • וַיְבָ֣רֲכֵ֔הוּand he blessed him

    vayvarakhehuH1288330 times

  • וַיָּ֖שָׁבand he returned

    vaiyashovH77251056 times

  • לִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃ סto own place his

    limkomoH4725401 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.

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 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 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.