2 Samuel 19:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went on as far as Jordan with the king to take him across Jordan.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:7 : 7 But be good to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be guests at your table; for so they came to me when I went in flight from Absalom your brother.
  • Ezra 2:61 : 61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who was married to one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and took their name.
  • Neh 7:63 : 63 And of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who was married to one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and took their name.
  • 2 Sam 17:27-29 : 27 Now when David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi, the son of Nahash of Rabbah, the Ammonite, and Machir, the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, 28 Came with beds and basins and pots, and grain and meal, and all sorts of dry foods, 29 And honey and butter and sheep and milk-cheeses, for David and his people: for they said, This people is in the waste land, needing food and drink and rest.

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  • 2 Sam 19:32-41
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    32 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.

    33 And the king said to Barzillai, Come over with me, and I will take care of you in Jerusalem.

    34 And Barzillai said to the king, How much of my life is still before me, for me to go up to Jerusalem with the king?

    35 I am now eighty years old: good and bad are the same to me; have meat and drink any taste for me now? am I able to take pleasure in the voices of men or women in song? why then am I to be a trouble to my lord the king?

    36 Your servant's desire was only to take the king over Jordan; why is the king to give me such a reward?

    37 Let your servant now go back again, so that when death comes to me, it may be in my town and by the resting-place of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham: let him go with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you.

    38 And the king said in answer, Let Chimham go over with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good to you: and whatever your desire is, I will do it for you.

    39 Then all the people went over Jordan, and the king went over: and the king gave Barzillai a kiss, with his blessing; and he went back to his place.

    40 So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him: and all the people of Judah, as well as half the people of Israel, took the king on his way.

    41 Then the men of Israel came to the king and said, Why have our countrymen of Judah taken you away in secret and come over Jordan with the king and all his family, because all his people are David's men?

  • 2 Sam 19:15-18
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    15 So the king came back, and came as far as Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, meeting the king there, to take him back with them over Jordan.

    16 And Shimei, the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, got up quickly and went down with the men of Judah for the purpose of meeting King David;

    17 And with him a thousand men of Benjamin, and Ziba, the servant of Saul, with his fifteen sons and twenty servants, came rushing to Jordan before the king,

    18 And kept going across the river to take the people of the king's house over, and to do whatever was desired by the king. And Shimei, the son of Gera, went down on his face in the dust before the king, when he was about to go over Jordan,

  • 2 Sam 17:26-28
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    26 And Israel and Absalom put up their tents in the land of Gilead.

    27 Now when David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi, the son of Nahash of Rabbah, the Ammonite, and Machir, the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

    28 Came with beds and basins and pots, and grain and meal, and all sorts of dry foods,

  • 2 Sam 17:24
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    24 And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, went over Jordan.

  • 2 Sam 17:22
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    22 So David and all the people who were with him went up over Jordan: when dawn came, every one of them had gone over Jordan.

  • 1 Kgs 2:7-8
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    7 But be good to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be guests at your table; for so they came to me when I went in flight from Absalom your brother.

    8 Now you have with you Shimei, the son of Gera the Benjamite of Bahurim, who put a bitter curse on me on the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to see me at Jordan, and I gave him my oath by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death by the sword.

  • 2 Sam 19:24-25
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    24 And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son, came down for the purpose of meeting the king; his feet had not been cared for or his hair cut or his clothing washed from the day when the king went away till the day when he came back in peace.

    25 Now when he had come from Jerusalem to see the king, the king said to him, Why did you not come with me, Mephibosheth?

  • 2 Sam 15:22-23
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    22 And David said to Ittai, Go forward, then. And Ittai the Gittite went on, with all his men and all the little ones he had with him.

    23 And there was great weeping in all the country when all the people went through; and the king himself was waiting in the Kidron valley and all the people went by him in the direction of the olive-tree on the edge of the waste land.

  • Josh 18:17-18
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    17 And it goes to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth, opposite the way up to Adummim, and it goes down to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben;

    18 And it goes on to the side facing the Arabah to the north, and down to the Arabah;

  • 1 Sam 30:21
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    21 And David came to the two hundred men, who because of weariness had not gone with him, but were waiting at the stream Besor: and they went out, meeting David and the people who were with him; and when they came near them, they said, How are you?

  • 2 Sam 2:29
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    29 And all that night Abner and his men went through the Arabah; they went over Jordan and through all Bithron and came to Mahanaim.

  • 2 Sam 19:30
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    30 And Mephibosheth said, Let him take it all, now that my lord the king has come back to his house in peace!

  • 1 Kgs 22:29
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    29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.

  • 2 Kgs 6:4
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    4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they got to work cutting down trees.

  • Judg 3:28
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    28 And he said to them, Come after me; for the Lord has given the Moabites, your haters, into your hands. So they went down after him and took the crossing-places of Jordan against Moab, and let no one go across.

  • Josh 3:14
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    14 So when the people went out from their tents to go over Jordan, the priests who took up the ark of the agreement were in front of the people;

  • 2 Sam 24:5
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    5 And they went over Jordan, and starting from Aroer, from the town which is in the middle of the valley, they went in the direction of the Gadites, and on to Jazer;

  • Judg 8:4
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    4 Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food.

  • 2 Sam 9:4-5
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    4 And the king said to him, Where is he? And Ziba said to the king, He is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.

    5 Then King David sent, and had him taken from Lo-debar, from the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel.

  • Deut 2:13
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    13 Get up now, and go over the stream Zered. So we went over the stream Zered.

  • 2 Kgs 10:33
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    33 East of Jordan, in all the land of Gilead, the Gadites and the Reubenites and the Manassites, from Aroer by the valley of the Arnon, all Gilead and Bashan.

  • 2 Chr 18:28
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    28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.

  • Josh 13:26
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    26 And from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to the edge of Debir;

  • Judg 12:5
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    5 And the Gileadites took the crossing-places of Jordan against the Ephraimites; and when any of the men of Ephraim who had gone in flight said, let me go over; the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? And if he said, No;

  • 2 Sam 15:19-20
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    19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why are you coming with us? go back and keep with the king: for you are a man of another country, you are far from the land of your birth.

    20 It was only yesterday you came to us; why then am I to make you go up and down with us? for I have to go where I may; go back then, and take your countrymen with you, and may the Lord's mercy and good faith be with you.

  • 2 Sam 16:14
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    14 And the king and his people came tired to Jordan, and took their rest there.

  • Deut 31:2
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    2 Then he said to them, I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to go out and come in: and the Lord has said to me, You are not to go over Jordan.

  • Josh 4:19
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    19 So on the tenth day of the first month the people came up out of Jordan, and put up their tents in Gilgal, on the east side of Jericho.

  • 2 Sam 20:2
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    2 So all the men of Israel, turning away from David, went after Sheba, the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah were true to their king, going with him from Jordan as far as Jerusalem.

  • Num 21:15
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    15 The slope of the valleys going down to the tents of Ar and touching the edge of Moab.