2 Samuel 19:33

33 The king said to Barzillai, "Come on across with me, and I will provide for your needs with me in Yerushalayim."

2 Samuel 19:33 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 19:33

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.

2 Samuel 19:33 In-Context

31 Barzillai the Gil'adi had come down from Roglim and passed on to the Yarden with the king to bring him across the Yarden.
32 Barzillai was a very old man, eighty years old; he had provided for the king's needs when he was staying at Machanayim; for he was a wealthy man.
33 The king said to Barzillai, "Come on across with me, and I will provide for your needs with me in Yerushalayim."
34 Barzillai said to the king, "How much longer can I live, that I should go up with the king to Yerushalayim?
35 I am now eighty years old. Can I tell good from bad? Can your servant even taste what he eats or drinks? Can I hear the voice of men and women singing any more? Why should your servant burden my lord the king?
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