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Barzillai

Disambiguation

The source enumerates 3 distinct subjects under Barzillai. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.A Meholathite, the father of Adriel (2 Sam.
  2. 2.A Gileadite of Rogelim who was distinguished for his loyalty to David.
  3. 3.A priest who married a daughter of the preceding (Ezra 2:61).

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  1. Barzillai (1)

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    A Meholathite, the father of Adriel (2 Sam. 21:8).

  2. Barzillai (2)

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    A Gileadite of Rogelim who was distinguished for his loyalty to David. He liberally provided for the king’s followers (2 Sam. 17:27). David on his death-bed, remembering his kindness, commended Barzillai’s children to the care of Solomon (1 Kings 2:7).

  3. Barzillai (3)

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    A priest who married a daughter of the preceding (Ezra 2:61).

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(iron, i.e., strong).

A wealthy Gileadite who showed hospitality to David when he fled form Absalom. (2 Samuel 17:27) (B.C. 1023.) He declined the king’s offer of ending his days at court. (2 Samuel 19:32-39) A Meholathite, whose son Adriel married Michal, Saul’s daughter. (2 Samuel 21:8) (B.C. before 1062.) Son-in-law to Barzillai the Gileadite. (Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 7:63,64) (B.C. before 536.)

In the Bible

10

Verses where Barzillai is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Kings 2:7

    But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

  • 2 Samuel 17:27

    When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.

  • 2 Samuel 19:31

    Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and send him on his way from there.

  • 2 Samuel 19:32

    Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.

  • 2 Samuel 19:33

    The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.”

  • 2 Samuel 19:34

    But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?

+4 more verses naming Barzillai.

Scripture on Barzillai

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Entries that reference Barzillai

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Barzillai references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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