Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 19:36
Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
A little way over Jordan; a little onward in thy way to Jerusalem, and then return.
Recompense it me, or, recompense me, to wit, for my small kindness to thee at Mahanaim, which was but a part of my duty to thee.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
31-40. Barzillai the GileaditeTherank, great age, and chivalrous devotion of this Gileadite chief winsour respect. His declining to go to court, his recommendation of hisson, his convoy across the Jordan, and his parting scene with theking, are interesting incidents. What mark of royal favor wasbestowed on Chimham has not been recorded; but it is probable thatDavid gave a great part of his personal patrimony in Beth-lehem toChimham and his heirs in perpetuity (Jer41:17).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king,…. That is, go a little way after he was over Jordan with him, and then return to his own city:
and why should the king recompense it with such a reward? the sense is, why should the king recompense so trifling a thing as I have done, and which was but my duty, with such a reward, as to maintain me in so grand a manner at his court?
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
2Sa 19:36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
Ver. 36. And why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? ] The saints in heaven say so doubtless; being wholly swallowed up with admiration at that “excessive and eternal weight of glory,” so freely conferred upon them. For coals we shall have pearls, said that martyr to his fellows; joys without measure or mixture; desiderio generante satistatem, et satistate desiderium parante, as Bernard a hath it; desire begetting satiety, and satiety bringing forth desire.
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the king: Luk 6:38
2Sa 19:36-38. Why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? Since he had but done his duty to his sovereign, he did not expect to be so highly rewarded for it. That I may die in mine own city That my bones may, with little ado, be carried to the place of their rest. The grave is ready for me; let me go and get ready for it, go and die in my house. But behold thy servant Chimham That he might not seem rude in refusing the kings gracious offer, he desires him to transfer his kindness to his son, and bestow upon him what he pleased. The king answered, Chimham shall go over with me He readily consented to take the young man with him, promised to provide for him, and assured Barzillai he would do every thing else he desired.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments