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2 Samuel 19:36 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 19 · verse 36
Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?2 Samuel 19:36 · King James Version
2 Samuel 19:36 in context
34And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
35I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
36Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
37Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
38And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- recompensegâmalto treat a personH1580 →
- servantʻebeda servantH5650 →
- JordanYardênJarden, the principal river of PalestineH3383 →
- rewardgᵉmûwlâhmeaning the sameH1578 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
- waymᵉʻaṭa little or fewH4592 →
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David had already graced the triumphs of his restoration with the generous remission of the injuries that had been done to him; we have him here gracing them with a no less generous reward of the kindnesses that had been shown to him.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 31-39