2 Samuel 19:32

32 Barzilai era bastante idoso; tinha oitenta anos. Foi ele que sustentou o rei durante a sua permanência em Maanaim, pois era muito rico.

2 Samuel 19:32 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 19:32

Now Barzillai was a very aged man, [even] fourscore years old,
&c.] Which was ten years beyond the common term of man's life, and reckoned a very great age in David's time, and has been ever since, and still is, see ( Psalms 90:10 ) ;

and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim:
had supported him and his family, furnished him with provisions, and all the necessaries of life, during his stay there:

for he [was] a very great man;
in wealth and riches, and was a very liberal man, and a man of great wisdom and good sense; and very probably was a man of great grace, which taught him his duty to his prince, and influenced him to show mercy to him in distress.

2 Samuel 19:32 In-Context

30 Mas Mefibosete disse ao rei: “Deixa que ele fique com tudo, agora que o rei, meu senhor, chegou em segurança ao seu lar”.

31 Barzilai, de Gileade, também saiu de Rogelim, acompanhando o rei até o Jordão, para despedir-se dele.

32 Barzilai era bastante idoso; tinha oitenta anos. Foi ele que sustentou o rei durante a sua permanência em Maanaim, pois era muito rico.

33 O rei disse a Barzilai: “Venha comigo para Jerusalém, e eu cuidarei de você”.

34 Barzilai, porém, respondeu: “Quantos anos de vida ainda me restam, para que eu vá com o rei e viva com ele em Jerusalém?