2 Samuel 19:32
in 2 Samuel 19Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
KJV
Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 19
Commentary
6 notes on this verseBarzillai was a very aged man - This venerable person had given full proof of his attachment to David by the supplies he had given him when he lay at Mahanaim, where his case was all but desperate; the sincerity of his congratulations now none can suspect. David’s offer to him was at once noble and liberal: he wished to compensate such a man, and he wished to have at hand such a friend.
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.
This site's exposition
he was a very wealthy man
Matthew Henry notes that Barzillai had a large heart to match his large estate. The provision at 17:27 came when David's cause looked lost. Henry asks what else such wealth is good for.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old,....
God had given him a large estate, for he was a very great man, and, it seems, he had a large heart to do good with it: what else but that is a large estate good for?
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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
17 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבַרְזִלַּי֙ | uvarzilai | and Barzillai | H1271 → | 12 times |
| זָקֵ֣ן | zaken | he was old | H2204 → | |
| מְאֹ֔ד | meod | very | H3966 → | 300 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שְׁמֹנִ֖ים | shemonim | eighty | H8084 → | |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וְהֽוּא־ | vehu'- | and he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| כִלְכַּ֤ל | khilkal | he had supplied | H3557 → | 38 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בְּשִׁיבָת֣וֹ | veshivato | in dwelling his | H7871 → | |
| בְמַחֲנַ֔יִם | vemachanayim | in Mahanaim | H4266 → | 13 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אִ֛ישׁ | ʾish | [was] a man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| גָּד֥וֹל | gadol | great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| ה֖וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| מְאֹֽד׃ | meod | very | H3966 → | 300 times |
וּבַרְזִלַּי֙and Barzillai
uvarzilaiH1271 →12 times
זָקֵ֣ןhe was old
zakenH2204 →
מְאֹ֔דvery
meodH3966 →300 times
בֶּן־a son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שְׁמֹנִ֖יםeighty
shemonimH8084 →
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וְהֽוּא־and he
vehu'-H1931 →1879 times
כִלְכַּ֤לhe had supplied
khilkalH3557 →38 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
בְּשִׁיבָת֣וֹin dwelling his
veshivatoH7871 →
בְמַחֲנַ֔יִםin Mahanaim
vemachanayimH4266 →13 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אִ֛ישׁ[was] a man
ʾishH376 →1663 times
גָּד֥וֹלgreat
gadolH1419 →526 times
ה֖וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
מְאֹֽד׃very
meodH3966 →300 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Job 1:3and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
it leads to
- Job 42:12
So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Job 29:25
I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
- Job 42:12
Through
Proverbs 16:31Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
it leads to
- Proverbs 20:29
The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
- Leviticus 19:32
You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
- Proverbs 20:29
Through
Deuteronomy 34:7Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 31:2
he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the…
- Joshua 14:10–11
Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years…
- Genesis 48:10
Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
- Genesis 27:1
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
- Deuteronomy 31:2
About 2 Samuel
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.