2 Samuel 19:32 “Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very…”

2 Samuel 19:32

Barzillai 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old. He had provided the king with sustenance while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Nowe Barzillai was a very aged man, euen fourescore yeere olde, and he had prouided the king of sustenance, while he lay at Mahanaim: for he was a man of very great substance.

Darby Translation

And Barzillai was very aged, eighty years old; and it was he that had maintained the king while he abode at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

Young's Literal Translation

and Barzillai [is] very aged, a son of eighty years, and he hath sustained the king in his abiding in Mahanaim, for he [is] a very great man;

Bible in Basic English

Now Barzillai was a very old man, as much as eighty years old: and he had given the king everything he had need of, while he was at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.

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Cross references

“fourscore”

Deuteronomy 34:7 Proverbs 16:31 Genesis 5:27 Genesis 9:29 Genesis 25:7 Genesis 47:28

Deuteronomy 34:7 · BSB

Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.

Proverbs 16:31 · BSB

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.

Genesis 5:27 · BSB

So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

Genesis 9:29 · BSB

So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

Genesis 25:7 · BSB

Abraham lived a total of 175 years.

Genesis 47:28 · BSB

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.

“provided”

2 Samuel 17:27

2 Samuel 17:27 · BSB

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.

“for he was”

1 Samuel 25:2 Job 1:3

1 Samuel 25:2 · BSB

Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.

Job 1:3 · BSB

and 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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

31Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and send him on his way from there.

33The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.”

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