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2 Samuel 19:31

in 2 Samuel 19

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

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went over the Jordan with the king, to conduct him over the Jordan.

KJV

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.

This verse in 2 Samuel 19

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

came down from Rogelim

on 2 Samuel 19:31-33

Barzillai crosses Jordan with David after supplying him through the hardest stretch of the exile at Mahanaim, and David offers to bring him to Jerusalem and feed him at his own table in return. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that no reward to Barzillai himself is ever recorded, though David's kindness to his son Chimham a few verses later stands in its place. Clarke calls the eighty-year-old's loyalty beyond suspicion, since a man that age has nothing left to gain by flattering a king.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Let subjects learn hence to render tribute to whom tribute is due and honour to whom honour, Rom. xiii. The kind invitation David gave to him to court (

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And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim,.... The place of his habitation, to Jordan, see 2Sa 17:27, and went over Jordan with the king to conduct him over Jordan; to accompany him over the river, and then take his leave of him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

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).

The words behind it

11 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.

  • וּבַרְזִלַּי֙and Barzillai

    uvarzilaiH127112 times

  • הַגִּלְעָדִ֔יthe Gileadite

    hagiladiH1569

  • יָרַ֖דhe had come down

    yaradH3381381 times

  • מֵרֹגְלִ֑יםfrom Rogelim

    merogelimH7274

  • וַיַּעֲבֹ֤רand he passed over

    vaiyaavorH5674556 times

  • אֶת־with

    ʾet-H854929 times

  • הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king

    hamelekhH44282525 times

  • הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןthe Jordan

    haiyardenH3383182 times

  • לְשַׁלְּח֖וֹto send off him

    leshalechoH7971845 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃the Jordan

    havaiyardenH3383182 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

    Ezra 2:61

    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 was called by their name).

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 17:27

      When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Kings 2:7

      But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Nehemiah 7:63–64

      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 was called by their name).

  • Through

    1 Kings 2:7

    But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 17:27–29

      When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.

    • 2 Samuel 9:7

      “Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you…

    • 2 Samuel 19:31–40

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

    • 2 Samuel 9:10

      You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is…

    • 2 Samuel 15:13–15

      Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”

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; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.