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title: "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge -  2 Samuel 19"
description: "Overview  2 Samuel 19:1, Joab causes the king to cease his mourning; 2 Samuel 19:9, The Israelites are earnest to bring the king back; 2 Samuel 19:11, Da"
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url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/2-samuel/19"
---

**Overview**
**** [2 Samuel 19:1](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/1), Joab causes the king to cease his mourning; [2 Samuel 19:9](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/9), The Israelites are earnest to bring the king back; [2 Samuel 19:11](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/11), David sends to the priests to incite them of Judah; [2 Samuel 19:18](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/18), Shimei is pardoned; [2 Samuel 19:24](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/24), Mephibosheth excused; [2 Samuel 19:32](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/32), Barzillai dismissed, and Chimham his son taken into the king’s family; [2 Samuel 19:41](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/41), The Israelites expostulate with Judah for bringing home the king without them.

[2 Samuel 18:5](../../../kjv/2-samuel/18/5), [2 Samuel 18:12](../../../kjv/2-samuel/18/12), [2 Samuel 18:14](../../../kjv/2-samuel/18/14), [2 Samuel 18:20](../../../kjv/2-samuel/18/20), [2 Samuel 18:33](../../../kjv/2-samuel/18/33), [Proverbs 17:25](../../../kjv/proverbs/17/25)

**victory:** Heb. salvation, or, deliverance
**turned:** [Proverbs 16:15](../../../kjv/proverbs/16/15), [Proverbs 19:12](../../../kjv/proverbs/19/12)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 14:1](../../../kjv/2-samuel/14/1) - toward Absalom

**into the city:** [2 Samuel 19:32](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/32), [2 Samuel 17:24](../../../kjv/2-samuel/17/24)
**steal:** [Genesis 31:27](../../../kjv/genesis/31/27)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 19:8](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/8) - for Israel [2 Samuel 19:41](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/41) - stolen

**covered:** [2 Samuel 15:30](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/30)
**O my son:** It is allowed by competent critics that the lamentation of David over his son, of which this forms a part, is exceedingly pathetic; and Calmet properly remarks, that the frequent repetition of the name of the deceased is common in the language of lamentation. [2 Samuel 18:33](../../../kjv/2-samuel/18/33)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 14:1](../../../kjv/2-samuel/14/1) - toward Absalom [1 Chronicles 3:2](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/3/2) - Absalom [Job 9:24](../../../kjv/job/9/24) - he covereth [Jeremiah 14:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/14/3) - covered [1 Corinthians 11:4](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/11/4) - having

**Thou hast:** Every one must admit that David's immoderate grief for his rebellious son was imprudent, and that Joab's firm and sensible reproof was necessary to arouse him to a sense of his duty to his people: but, in his manner, Joab far exceeded the bounds of that reverence which a servant owes to his master, or a subject to his prince.
**saved:** [Nehemiah 9:27](../../../kjv/nehemiah/9/27), [Psalms 3:8](../../../kjv/psalms/3/8), [Psalms 18:47](../../../kjv/psalms/18/47), [Psalms 18:48](../../../kjv/psalms/18/48)
**Reciprocal:** [Judges 19:1](../../../kjv/judges/19/1) - a concubine [2 Samuel 3:24](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/24) - What hast [2 Samuel 19:13](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/13) - room of Joab [1 Kings 2:5](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/5) - Joab [Psalms 34:5](../../../kjv/psalms/34/5) - their

**In that:** etc. Heb. By loving, etc
**thou regardest:** etc. Heb. princes or servants are not to thee. then it had. [2 Samuel 3:24](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/24), [2 Samuel 3:25](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/25), [Job 34:18](../../../kjv/job/34/18), [Proverbs 19:9](../../../kjv/proverbs/19/9), [Proverbs 19:10](../../../kjv/proverbs/19/10), [Acts 23:5](../../../kjv/acts/23/5)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 3:12](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/12) - Whose [2 Samuel 3:39](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/39) - too hard

**comfortably unto thy:** Heb. to the heart of thy, [Genesis 34:3](../../../kjv/genesis/34/3), [Proverbs 19:15](../../../kjv/proverbs/19/15), [Isaiah 40:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/40/1), [Hosea 2:14](../../../kjv/hosea/2/14), *marg.
**there:** [Proverbs 14:28](../../../kjv/proverbs/14/28)
**all the evil:** [Psalms 71:4-6](../../../kjv/psalms/71/4-6), [Psalms 71:9-11](../../../kjv/psalms/71/9-11), [Psalms 71:18-20](../../../kjv/psalms/71/18-20), [Psalms 129:1](../../../kjv/psalms/129/1), [Psalms 129:2](../../../kjv/psalms/129/2)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 3:39](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/39) - too hard [2 Samuel 20:6](../../../kjv/2-samuel/20/6) - do us [Proverbs 17:26](../../../kjv/proverbs/17/26) - to strike

**sat in the gate:** How prudently and mildly David took the reproof and counsel given him! He shook off his grief, anointed his head, and washed his face, that he might not appear unto men to mourn, and then made his appearance at the gate of the city, which was the public place of resort for the hearing of causes and giving judgment, as well as a place to ratify special bargains. Thither the people flocked to congratulate him on his and their safety, and that all was well. When we are convinced of a fault, we must amend, though we are told of it by our inferiors in a way which is peculiarly painful to our natural feelings. This ancient custom still obtains in the East; for when Dr. Pococke returned from viewing the town of ancient Byblus, he says, "The sheik and the elders were sitting in the gate of the city, after the ancient manner, and I sat awhile with them." [2 Samuel 18:4](../../../kjv/2-samuel/18/4), [2 Samuel 18:24](../../../kjv/2-samuel/18/24)
**for Israel:** [2 Samuel 19:3](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/3), [2 Samuel 18:6-8](../../../kjv/2-samuel/18/6-8), [1 Kings 22:36](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/36), [2 Kings 14:12](../../../kjv/2-kings/14/12)

**strife:** [Genesis 3:12](../../../kjv/genesis/3/12), [Genesis 3:13](../../../kjv/genesis/3/13), [Exodus 32:24](../../../kjv/exodus/32/24), [James 3:14-16](../../../kjv/james/3/14-16)
**The king:** [2 Samuel 8:10](../../../kjv/2-samuel/8/10), [1 Samuel 17:50](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/50), [1 Samuel 18:5-7](../../../kjv/1-samuel/18/5-7), [1 Samuel 18:25](../../../kjv/1-samuel/18/25), [1 Samuel 19:5](../../../kjv/1-samuel/19/5)
**he is fled:** [2 Samuel 15:14](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/14)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 19:20](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/20) - Joseph [2 Samuel 19:43](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/43) - our advice [2 Samuel 22:44](../../../kjv/2-samuel/22/44) - delivered [Ecclesiastes 4:16](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/4/16) - they also

**whom:** [2 Samuel 15:12](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/12), [2 Samuel 15:13](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/13), [Hosea 8:4](../../../kjv/hosea/8/4)
**is dead:** [2 Samuel 18:14](../../../kjv/2-samuel/18/14)
**speak ye not a word:** Heb. are ye silent, [Judges 18:9](../../../kjv/judges/18/9)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 15:10](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/10) - reigneth [1 Kings 22:3](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/3) - still

**sent:** [2 Samuel 15:29](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/29), [2 Samuel 15:35](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/35), [2 Samuel 15:36](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/36), [1 Kings 2:25](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/25), [1 Kings 2:26](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/26), [1 Kings 2:35](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/35)
**Speak:** [2 Corinthians 5:20](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/5/20)
**Why are:** [Matthew 5:16](../../../kjv/matthew/5/16), [2 Thessalonians 3:9](../../../kjv/2-thessalonians/3/9)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 2:4](../../../kjv/2-samuel/2/4) - the men of Judah [2 Samuel 19:40](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/40) - all the people

**my bones:** [2 Samuel 5:1](../../../kjv/2-samuel/5/1), [Genesis 2:23](../../../kjv/genesis/2/23), [Judges 9:2](../../../kjv/judges/9/2), [Ephesians 5:30](../../../kjv/ephesians/5/30)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 29:14](../../../kjv/genesis/29/14) - art my [2 Samuel 19:42](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/42) - Because [1 Chronicles 11:1](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/11/1) - Behold

**Amasa:** [2 Samuel 17:25](../../../kjv/2-samuel/17/25), [1 Chronicles 2:16](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/2/16), [1 Chronicles 2:17](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/2/17), [1 Chronicles 12:18](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/12/18)
**God:** [Ruth 1:17](../../../kjv/ruth/1/17), [1 Kings 19:2](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/2)
**room of Joab:** [2 Samuel 19:5-7](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/5-7), [2 Samuel 3:29](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/29), [2 Samuel 3:30](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/30), [2 Samuel 8:16](../../../kjv/2-samuel/8/16), [2 Samuel 18:11](../../../kjv/2-samuel/18/11)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 2:23](../../../kjv/genesis/2/23) - bone [Genesis 29:14](../../../kjv/genesis/29/14) - art my [Judges 9:2](../../../kjv/judges/9/2) - your bone [1 Samuel 3:17](../../../kjv/1-samuel/3/17) - God [1 Samuel 14:44](../../../kjv/1-samuel/14/44) - God [1 Samuel 20:13](../../../kjv/1-samuel/20/13) - The Lord do [2 Samuel 3:9](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/9) - So do God [2 Samuel 3:39](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/39) - too hard [2 Samuel 5:1](../../../kjv/2-samuel/5/1) - we [2 Samuel 20:4](../../../kjv/2-samuel/20/4) - Amasa [2 Samuel 20:5](../../../kjv/2-samuel/20/5) - So Amasa [1 Kings 2:23](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/23) - God [2 Kings 4:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/13) - to the captain [2 Kings 6:31](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/31) - God do so [1 Chronicles 11:1](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/11/1) - Behold

**he bowed:** The measures that he pursued were the best calculated that could be adopted for accomplishing this salutary end. David appears to take no notice of their infidelity, but rather to place confidence in them, that their confidence in him might be naturally excited; and to oblige them yet farther, purposes to make Amasa general of the army, instead of Joab.
**even:** [Judges 20:1](../../../kjv/judges/20/1), [Psalms 110:2](../../../kjv/psalms/110/2), [Psalms 110:3](../../../kjv/psalms/110/3), [Acts 4:32](../../../kjv/acts/4/32)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 3:12](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/12) - my hand [2 Samuel 19:43](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/43) - our advice [2 Samuel 22:44](../../../kjv/2-samuel/22/44) - delivered

**Gilgal:** [Joshua 5:9](../../../kjv/joshua/5/9), [1 Samuel 11:14](../../../kjv/1-samuel/11/14), [1 Samuel 11:15](../../../kjv/1-samuel/11/15)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 31:46](../../../kjv/genesis/31/46) - an heap [2 Samuel 20:2](../../../kjv/2-samuel/20/2) - from Jordan

**Shimei:** It appears that Shimei was a powerful chieftain in the land; for he had here in his retinue no less than a thousand men. [2 Samuel 16:5-13](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/5-13), [1 Kings 2:8](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/8), [1 Kings 2:36-46](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/36-46)
**hasted:** [Job 2:4](../../../kjv/job/2/4), [Proverbs 6:4](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/4), [Proverbs 6:5](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/5), [Matthew 5:25](../../../kjv/matthew/5/25)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 3:16](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/16) - Bahurim [2 Samuel 17:18](../../../kjv/2-samuel/17/18) - Bahurim

**Ziba:** [2 Samuel 19:26](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/26), [2 Samuel 19:27](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/27), [2 Samuel 9:2](../../../kjv/2-samuel/9/2), [2 Samuel 9:10](../../../kjv/2-samuel/9/10), [2 Samuel 16:1-4](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/1-4)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 9:11](../../../kjv/2-samuel/9/11) - Ziba

**And there:** The LXX connecting this the with preceding verse, render, ךבי ךבפוץטץםבם פןם ןסהבםחם ולנסןףטום פןץ גבףיכושע, ךבי וכויפןץסדחףבם פחם כויפןץסדיבם פןץ היבגיגבףבי פןם גבףיכוב, "and they made ready Jordan before the king, and did the necessary service to bring over the king."
The Vulgate has: et irrumpentes Jordanem, ante regem transierunt vada, ut traducerent domum regis, "and breaking into Jordan, they passed the fords before the king, to bring over the king's household." Josephus says they prepared a bridge over the Jordan, to facilitate his passage.
**what he thought good:** Heb. the good in his eyes
**fell down:** [Psalms 66:3](../../../kjv/psalms/66/3), [Psalms 81:15](../../../kjv/psalms/81/15), [Revelation 3:9](../../../kjv/revelation/3/9)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 18:7](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/7) - fell on [Psalms 119:42](../../../kjv/psalms/119/42) - have wherewith

**And said:** [Ecclesiastes 10:4](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/10/4)
**Let not:** [1 Samuel 22:15](../../../kjv/1-samuel/22/15), [Psalms 32:2](../../../kjv/psalms/32/2), [Romans 4:6-8](../../../kjv/romans/4/6-8), [2 Corinthians 5:19](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/5/19)
**remember:** [Psalms 79:8](../../../kjv/psalms/79/8), [Isaiah 43:25](../../../kjv/isaiah/43/25), [Jeremiah 31:34](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/34)
**did perversely:** [2 Samuel 16:5-9](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/5-9), [2 Samuel 16:10-14](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/10-14), [Exodus 10:16](../../../kjv/exodus/10/16), [Exodus 10:17](../../../kjv/exodus/10/17), [1 Samuel 26:21](../../../kjv/1-samuel/26/21), [Matthew 27:4](../../../kjv/matthew/27/4)
**take it:** [2 Samuel 13:20](../../../kjv/2-samuel/13/20), [2 Samuel 13:33](../../../kjv/2-samuel/13/33), [1 Samuel 25:25](../../../kjv/1-samuel/25/25)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 12:11](../../../kjv/numbers/12/11) - lay not [Psalms 55:3](../../../kjv/psalms/55/3) - for they [Proverbs 19:6](../../../kjv/proverbs/19/6) - will [Ecclesiastes 7:21](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/7/21) - take no heed [James 5:16](../../../kjv/james/5/16) - Confess

**I am come:** [Psalms 78:34-37](../../../kjv/psalms/78/34-37), [Jeremiah 22:23](../../../kjv/jeremiah/22/23), [Hosea 5:15](../../../kjv/hosea/5/15)
**Joseph:** [2 Samuel 19:9](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/9), [2 Samuel 16:5](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/5), [Genesis 48:14](../../../kjv/genesis/48/14), [Genesis 48:20](../../../kjv/genesis/48/20), [1 Kings 12:20](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/20), [1 Kings 12:25](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/25), [Hosea 4:15-17](../../../kjv/hosea/4/15-17), [Hosea 5:3](../../../kjv/hosea/5/3)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 10:16](../../../kjv/exodus/10/16) - I have [1 Kings 11:28](../../../kjv/1-kings/11/28) - the house [Amos 5:6](../../../kjv/amos/5/6) - the house [Obadiah 1:18](../../../kjv/obadiah/1/18) - the house of Joseph

**Shall not:** [Exodus 22:28](../../../kjv/exodus/22/28), [1 Kings 21:10](../../../kjv/1-kings/21/10), [1 Kings 21:11](../../../kjv/1-kings/21/11)
**cursed:** [2 Samuel 16:5](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/5), [2 Samuel 16:7](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/7), [2 Samuel 16:13](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/13), [1 Samuel 24:6](../../../kjv/1-samuel/24/6), [1 Samuel 26:9](../../../kjv/1-samuel/26/9)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Chronicles 18:12](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/18/12) - Moreover [Job 31:31](../../../kjv/job/31/31) - the men [Job 34:17](../../../kjv/job/34/17) - wilt [Lamentations 4:20](../../../kjv/lamentations/4/20) - the anointed [James 3:9](../../../kjv/james/3/9) - therewith curse

**What have:** [2 Samuel 3:39](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/39), [2 Samuel 16:10](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/10), [1 Samuel 26:8](../../../kjv/1-samuel/26/8), [Matthew 8:29](../../../kjv/matthew/8/29)
**shall there any man:** [1 Samuel 11:13](../../../kjv/1-samuel/11/13), [Isaiah 16:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/16/5), [Luke 9:54-56](../../../kjv/luke/9/54-56)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 17:18](../../../kjv/1-kings/17/18) - What have I [1 Chronicles 2:16](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/2/16) - the sons of [1 Chronicles 18:12](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/18/12) - Moreover [Job 2:10](../../../kjv/job/2/10) - Thou speakest [Job 31:31](../../../kjv/job/31/31) - the men [Jeremiah 38:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/38/5) - for [Matthew 16:23](../../../kjv/matthew/16/23) - Satan [Mark 8:33](../../../kjv/mark/8/33) - he rebuked [Luke 9:55](../../../kjv/luke/9/55) - and rebuked [John 2:4](../../../kjv/john/2/4) - what

**Thou shalt:** [1 Kings 2:8](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/8), [1 Kings 2:9](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/9), [1 Kings 2:37](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/37), [1 Kings 2:46](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/46)
**sware:** [1 Samuel 28:10](../../../kjv/1-samuel/28/10), [1 Samuel 30:15](../../../kjv/1-samuel/30/15), [Hebrews 6:16](../../../kjv/hebrews/6/16)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Kings 25:24](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/24) - sware to them

**Mephibosheth:** [2 Samuel 9:6](../../../kjv/2-samuel/9/6), [2 Samuel 16:3](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/3)
**dressed his feet:** Literally, made his feet, which seems to mean washing the feet paring the nails, and perhaps anointing or otherwise perfuming them, if not tinging the nails with henna; see note on [Deuteronomy 21:12](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/21/12). Sir John Chardin, in his manuscript note on this place, informs us, that it is customary in the East to have as much care of the feet as the hands; and that their barbers cut and adjust the nails with a proper instrument, because they often go barefoot. The nails of the toes of the mummies inspected in London in 1763, of which an account is given in the Philosophical Transactions for 1764, seem to have been tinged with some reddish colour. [2 Samuel 15:30](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/30), [Isaiah 15:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/15/2), [Jeremiah 41:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/5), [Matthew 6:16](../../../kjv/matthew/6/16), [Romans 12:15](../../../kjv/romans/12/15), [Hebrews 13:3](../../../kjv/hebrews/13/3)
**trimmed:** Literally, made his beard, which may mean, combing, curling, and perfuming it. But Mr. Morier says that they almost universally dye the beard black, by successive layers of a paste made of henna, and another made of the leaf of the indigo: the first tinging with an orange colour, and the next with a dark bottle green, which becomes jet black when exposed to the air for twenty-four hours.
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 28:21](../../../kjv/genesis/28/21) - I come [Genesis 41:14](../../../kjv/genesis/41/14) - he shaved [Exodus 33:4](../../../kjv/exodus/33/4) - and no [1 Chronicles 8:34](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/8/34) - Meribbaal [Proverbs 18:13](../../../kjv/proverbs/18/13) - that [Proverbs 18:17](../../../kjv/proverbs/18/17) - *General* [Proverbs 27:10](../../../kjv/proverbs/27/10) - own [Ecclesiastes 9:8](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/9/8) - thy garments [Daniel 6:18](../../../kjv/daniel/6/18) - and passed [Daniel 10:3](../../../kjv/daniel/10/3) - neither did

**Wherefore:** [2 Samuel 16:17](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/17)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 21:7](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/7) - Mephibosheth

**I will saddle:** [2 Samuel 16:2](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/2), [2 Samuel 16:3](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/3)
**thy servant:** [2 Samuel 4:4](../../../kjv/2-samuel/4/4)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 9:3](../../../kjv/2-samuel/9/3) - yet a son [2 Samuel 9:11](../../../kjv/2-samuel/9/11) - According [2 Samuel 19:17](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/17) - Ziba [1 Kings 13:13](../../../kjv/1-kings/13/13) - *General* [Proverbs 30:10](../../../kjv/proverbs/30/10) - Accuse not

**slandered:** [2 Samuel 16:3](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/3), [Exodus 20:16](../../../kjv/exodus/20/16), [Psalms 15:3](../../../kjv/psalms/15/3), [Psalms 101:5](../../../kjv/psalms/101/5), [Jeremiah 9:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/4)
**as an angel:** [2 Samuel 14:17](../../../kjv/2-samuel/14/17), [2 Samuel 14:20](../../../kjv/2-samuel/14/20), [1 Samuel 29:9](../../../kjv/1-samuel/29/9)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 23:1](../../../kjv/exodus/23/1) - shalt not [2 Samuel 9:2](../../../kjv/2-samuel/9/2) - was Ziba [2 Samuel 19:17](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/17) - Ziba [Proverbs 30:10](../../../kjv/proverbs/30/10) - Accuse not [Galatians 4:14](../../../kjv/galatians/4/14) - an angel [Ephesians 4:31](../../../kjv/ephesians/4/31) - evil speaking

**were:** [Genesis 32:10](../../../kjv/genesis/32/10)
**dead men:** Heb. men of death, [1 Samuel 26:16](../../../kjv/1-samuel/26/16)
**didst thou:** [2 Samuel 9:7](../../../kjv/2-samuel/9/7), [2 Samuel 9:8](../../../kjv/2-samuel/9/8), [2 Samuel 9:10](../../../kjv/2-samuel/9/10), [2 Samuel 9:13](../../../kjv/2-samuel/9/13)
**to cry:** [2 Kings 8:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/3)
**Reciprocal:** [Ruth 2:10](../../../kjv/ruth/2/10) - Why have [1 Samuel 20:31](../../../kjv/1-samuel/20/31) - shall surely die [1 Kings 2:7](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/7) - eat [Job 2:10](../../../kjv/job/2/10) - shall we receive [Proverbs 27:10](../../../kjv/proverbs/27/10) - own [Luke 22:30](../../../kjv/luke/22/30) - eat

**Why speakest:** [Job 19:16](../../../kjv/job/19/16), [Job 19:17](../../../kjv/job/19/17), [Proverbs 18:13](../../../kjv/proverbs/18/13), [Acts 18:15](../../../kjv/acts/18/15)
**Thou:** [Deuteronomy 19:17-19](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/19/17-19), [Psalms 82:2](../../../kjv/psalms/82/2), [Psalms 101:5](../../../kjv/psalms/101/5)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 9:9](../../../kjv/2-samuel/9/9) - I have given

**Yea:** [2 Samuel 1:26](../../../kjv/2-samuel/1/26), [Acts 20:24](../../../kjv/acts/20/24), [Philippians 1:20](../../../kjv/philippians/1/20)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 28:21](../../../kjv/genesis/28/21) - I come [Judges 11:36](../../../kjv/judges/11/36) - forasmuch [Proverbs 18:24](../../../kjv/proverbs/18/24) - that hath [Luke 6:29](../../../kjv/luke/6/29) - and him

[1 Kings 2:7](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/7), [Ezra 2:61](../../../kjv/ezra/2/61), [Nehemiah 7:63](../../../kjv/nehemiah/7/63)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 17:27](../../../kjv/2-samuel/17/27) - Barzillai

**fourscore:** [Genesis 5:27](../../../kjv/genesis/5/27), [Genesis 9:29](../../../kjv/genesis/9/29), [Genesis 25:7](../../../kjv/genesis/25/7), [Genesis 47:28](../../../kjv/genesis/47/28), [Genesis 50:26](../../../kjv/genesis/50/26), [Deuteronomy 34:7](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/34/7), [Psalms 90:3-10](../../../kjv/psalms/90/3-10), [Proverbs 16:31](../../../kjv/proverbs/16/31)
**provided:** [2 Samuel 17:27](../../../kjv/2-samuel/17/27)
**for he was:** [1 Samuel 25:2](../../../kjv/1-samuel/25/2), [Job 1:3](../../../kjv/job/1/3)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 47:9](../../../kjv/genesis/47/9) - have not [Joshua 21:38](../../../kjv/joshua/21/38) - Mahanaim [1 Samuel 9:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/9/1) - power [2 Samuel 16:1](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/1) - with a couple [2 Samuel 19:3](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/3) - into the city [2 Kings 4:8](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/8) - a great woman [2 Kings 4:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/13) - to the king [2 Kings 15:20](../../../kjv/2-kings/15/20) - the mighty [1 Chronicles 6:80](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/80) - Mahanaim [Daniel 2:48](../../../kjv/daniel/2/48) - a great [Matthew 25:17](../../../kjv/matthew/25/17) - he also

**Come thou:** [2 Samuel 9:11](../../../kjv/2-samuel/9/11), [Matthew 25:34-40](../../../kjv/matthew/25/34-40), [Luke 22:28-30](../../../kjv/luke/22/28-30), [2 Thessalonians 1:7](../../../kjv/2-thessalonians/1/7)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 9:7](../../../kjv/2-samuel/9/7) - eat bread

**How long have I to live:** Heb. How many days are the years of my life, [Genesis 47:9](../../../kjv/genesis/47/9), [Job 14:14](../../../kjv/job/14/14), [Psalms 39:5](../../../kjv/psalms/39/5), [Psalms 39:6](../../../kjv/psalms/39/6), [1 Corinthians 7:29](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/7/29), [James 4:14](../../../kjv/james/4/14)

**can I discern:** [Job 6:30](../../../kjv/job/6/30), [Job 12:11](../../../kjv/job/12/11), [Hebrews 5:14](../../../kjv/hebrews/5/14), [1 Peter 2:3](../../../kjv/1-peter/2/3)
**taste:** [Ecclesiastes 12:1-5](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/12/1-5)
**I hear:** [Ezra 2:65](../../../kjv/ezra/2/65), [Nehemiah 7:67](../../../kjv/nehemiah/7/67), [Exodus 2:8](../../../kjv/exodus/2/8), [Exodus 12:4](../../../kjv/exodus/12/4)
**a burden:** [2 Samuel 13:25](../../../kjv/2-samuel/13/25), [2 Samuel 15:33](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/33)
**Reciprocal:** [Psalms 71:9](../../../kjv/psalms/71/9) - when [Psalms 90:10](../../../kjv/psalms/90/10) - yet [Ecclesiastes 2:8](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/8) - men singers [Ecclesiastes 12:4](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/12/4) - all [Luke 7:25](../../../kjv/luke/7/25) - are in

**the king:** [Luke 6:38](../../../kjv/luke/6/38)

**Let thy:** The whole of this little episode is extremely interesting, and contains an affecting description of the infirmities of old age. The venerable and kind Barzillai was fourscore years old; his ear was become dull of hearing, and his relish for even royal dainties was gone: the evil days had arrived in which he was constrained to say, "I have no pleasure in them" - [Ecclesiastes 12:1](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/12/1). As he was too old either to enjoy the pleasures of a court, or to be of any further service to the king, he finishes his affecting address to the aged monarch with the request, that he would suffer him to enjoy what old men naturally desire, to "die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and mother;" at the same time commending his son Chimham to his kind offices.
**I may die:** [Genesis 48:21](../../../kjv/genesis/48/21), [Joshua 23:14](../../../kjv/joshua/23/14), [Luke 2:29](../../../kjv/luke/2/29), [Luke 2:30](../../../kjv/luke/2/30), [2 Timothy 4:6](../../../kjv/2-timothy/4/6), [2 Peter 1:14](../../../kjv/2-peter/1/14)
**by the grave:** [Genesis 47:30](../../../kjv/genesis/47/30), [Genesis 49:29-31](../../../kjv/genesis/49/29-31), [Genesis 50:13](../../../kjv/genesis/50/13), [1 Kings 13:22](../../../kjv/1-kings/13/22)
**Chimham:** [2 Samuel 19:40](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/40), [1 Kings 2:7](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/7), [Jeremiah 41:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/17)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 4:5](../../../kjv/1-kings/4/5) - the king's [Philemon 1:10](../../../kjv/philemon/1/10) - my son

**require:** Heb. choose, [2 Samuel 19:38](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/38)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 4:5](../../../kjv/1-kings/4/5) - the king's [Jeremiah 41:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/17) - Chimham [Philemon 1:10](../../../kjv/philemon/1/10) - my son

**the king:** The kiss was the token of friendship and farewell; the blessing was a prayer to God for his prosperity: probably a prophetical benediction.
**kissed Barzillai:** [Genesis 31:55](../../../kjv/genesis/31/55), [Genesis 45:15](../../../kjv/genesis/45/15), [Ruth 1:14](../../../kjv/ruth/1/14), [1 Kings 19:20](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/20), [Acts 20:37](../../../kjv/acts/20/37), [1 Thessalonians 5:26](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/5/26)
**blessed:** [2 Samuel 6:18](../../../kjv/2-samuel/6/18), [2 Samuel 6:20](../../../kjv/2-samuel/6/20), [2 Samuel 13:25](../../../kjv/2-samuel/13/25), [Genesis 14:19](../../../kjv/genesis/14/19), [Genesis 28:3](../../../kjv/genesis/28/3), [Genesis 47:7](../../../kjv/genesis/47/7), [Genesis 47:10](../../../kjv/genesis/47/10), [Luke 2:34](../../../kjv/luke/2/34)
**returned:** [Genesis 31:55](../../../kjv/genesis/31/55), [Numbers 24:25](../../../kjv/numbers/24/25), [1 Samuel 24:22](../../../kjv/1-samuel/24/22)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 29:13](../../../kjv/genesis/29/13) - kissed [Exodus 18:23](../../../kjv/exodus/18/23) - and all this [1 Samuel 10:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/10/1) - kissed him [1 Samuel 20:41](../../../kjv/1-samuel/20/41) - and they kissed [2 Samuel 14:22](../../../kjv/2-samuel/14/22) - thanked [Luke 7:45](../../../kjv/luke/7/45) - gavest

**Chimham:** Heb. Chimhan
**all the people:** [2 Samuel 19:11-15](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/11-15), [Genesis 49:10](../../../kjv/genesis/49/10), [Matthew 21:9](../../../kjv/matthew/21/9)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 31:46](../../../kjv/genesis/31/46) - an heap [2 Samuel 19:37](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/37) - Chimham [2 Samuel 20:2](../../../kjv/2-samuel/20/2) - from Jordan

**Why have:** [Judges 8:1](../../../kjv/judges/8/1), [Judges 12:1](../../../kjv/judges/12/1), [John 7:5](../../../kjv/john/7/5), [John 7:6](../../../kjv/john/7/6)
**stolen:** [2 Samuel 19:3](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/3), [Genesis 31:26](../../../kjv/genesis/31/26), [Genesis 31:27](../../../kjv/genesis/31/27)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 3:12](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/12) - my hand [2 Samuel 18:7](../../../kjv/2-samuel/18/7) - the people [2 Samuel 20:1](../../../kjv/2-samuel/20/1) - And there [2 Samuel 20:2](../../../kjv/2-samuel/20/2) - every man [Proverbs 17:14](../../../kjv/proverbs/17/14) - beginning [Proverbs 26:4](../../../kjv/proverbs/26/4) - *General* [Ecclesiastes 10:13](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/10/13) - beginning

**Because:** [2 Samuel 19:12](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/12), [2 Samuel 5:1](../../../kjv/2-samuel/5/1), [1 Chronicles 2:3-17](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/2/3-17)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 2:4](../../../kjv/2-samuel/2/4) - the men of Judah [1 Chronicles 12:39](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/12/39) - eating and drinking

**We have:** [2 Samuel 20:1](../../../kjv/2-samuel/20/1), [2 Samuel 20:6](../../../kjv/2-samuel/20/6), [1 Kings 12:16](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/16)
**ten parts:** [2 Samuel 5:1](../../../kjv/2-samuel/5/1), [Proverbs 13:10](../../../kjv/proverbs/13/10)
**despise us:** Heb. set us at light
**our advice:** [2 Samuel 19:9](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/9), [2 Samuel 19:14](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/14), [Galatians 5:20](../../../kjv/galatians/5/20), [Galatians 5:26](../../../kjv/galatians/5/26), [Philippians 2:3](../../../kjv/philippians/2/3)
**the words:** [Judges 8:1](../../../kjv/judges/8/1), [Judges 9:23](../../../kjv/judges/9/23), [Judges 12:1-6](../../../kjv/judges/12/1-6), [Proverbs 15:1](../../../kjv/proverbs/15/1), [Proverbs 17:14](../../../kjv/proverbs/17/14), [Proverbs 18:19](../../../kjv/proverbs/18/19), [Romans 12:21](../../../kjv/romans/12/21), [Galatians 5:15](../../../kjv/galatians/5/15), [Galatians 5:20](../../../kjv/galatians/5/20), [James 1:20](../../../kjv/james/1/20), [James 3:2-10](../../../kjv/james/3/2-10), [James 3:14-16](../../../kjv/james/3/14-16), [James 4:1-5](../../../kjv/james/4/1-5), Whatever value or respect the men of Israel at this time professed for their king, they would not have quarrelled so fiercely about their own credit and interest in recalling him, if they had been truly sorry for their former rebellion.
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 12:13](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/13) - answered [2 Chronicles 25:10](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/25/10) - great anger [Proverbs 15:18](../../../kjv/proverbs/15/18) - wrathful [Ecclesiastes 7:9](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/7/9) - hasty [Ephesians 4:31](../../../kjv/ephesians/4/31) - clamour [James 3:6](../../../kjv/james/3/6) - the tongue

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