2 Samuel 19:33
in 2 Samuel 19The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.”
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ASV
And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will sustain thee with me in Jerusalem.
KJV
And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 19
Commentary
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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
): Come thou over with me. That he might have the pleasure of his company and the benefit of his counsel; for we may suppose that he was very wise and good, as well as very rich, otherwise he would not have been called here a very great man; for it is what a man is, more than what he has, that renders him truly great.
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And the king said to Barzillai, come thou over with me,.... Over Jordan; Barzillai came with an intent to accompany the king over Jordan; but the king meant not only to go over Jordan, but when over to go further with him, even to Jerusalem: and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem; meaning, that he should dwell with him in his palace, and eat at his table, in return for feeding him at Mahanaim.
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
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בַּרְזִלָּ֑י | barzilai | Barzillai | H1271 → | 12 times |
| אַתָּה֙ | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| עֲבֹ֣ר | ʾavor | pass over | H5674 → | 556 times |
| אִתִּ֔י | ʾiti | with me | H854 → | 929 times |
| וְכִלְכַּלְתִּ֥י | vekhilkalti | and I will supply | H3557 → | 38 times |
| אֹתְךָ֛ | ʾotekha | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עִמָּדִ֖י | ʾimadi | with me | H5978 → | |
| בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ | birushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בַּרְזִלָּ֑יBarzillai
barzilaiH1271 →12 times
אַתָּה֙you
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
עֲבֹ֣רpass over
ʾavorH5674 →556 times
אִתִּ֔יwith me
ʾitiH854 →929 times
וְכִלְכַּלְתִּ֥יand I will supply
vekhilkaltiH3557 →38 times
אֹתְךָ֛<obj.> you
ʾotekhaH853 →10935 times
עִמָּדִ֖יwith me
ʾimadiH5978 →
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃in Jerusalem
birushalimH3389 →643 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
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it leads to
- Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors,…
- Matthew 16:27
For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
- Jude 1:14–15
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
- Revelation 22:16
“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
- Matthew 25:31
When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
- Revelation 14:13
Through
2 Samuel 9:11And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 19:26
“My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba…
- 2 Samuel 16:1–4
When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a…
- 2 Samuel 19:17
along with a thousand men of Benjamin, as well as Ziba the steward of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan before the king
- 2 Samuel 19:26
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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.