Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went over the Jordan with the king to conduct him over the Jordan.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Samuel 19:31 in context
2 Samuel 19:28–34
28
For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should appeal any more to the king?”
29
The king said to him, “Why do you speak any more of your matters? I say, you and Ziba divide the land.”
30
Mephibosheth said to the king, “Yes, let him take all, because my lord the king has come in peace to his own house.”
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Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went over the Jordan with the king to conduct him over the Jordan.
32
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.
33
The king said to Barzillai, “Come over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.”
34
Barzillai said to the king, “How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
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