7<\/strong>. sons of Barzillai the Gileadite<\/em> ] The deserving conduct of Barzillai, during David’s flight from Absalom, is narrated 2Sa 19:31<\/span> seqq<\/em>. The Chimham there mentioned was probably a son of Barzillai, though we are not expressly told so. No other son is anywhere spoken of, but we find that Barzillai had daughters (Ezr 2:61<\/span>; Neh 7:63<\/span>) and he probably was father of a large family. Barzillai, at his advanced age, would not come alone to conduct David over Jordan, and though he only commends one person to the king’s attention there may have been several sons in his retinue.<\/p>\n of<\/em> those that eat at thy table<\/em> ] A common mode in Eastern countries of shewing regard. Thus Mephibosheth, Jonathan’s son, was provided for at David’s table (2Sa 9:7<\/span>; 2Sa 9:10-11<\/span>), and such treatment put the recipient in a position like that of the king’s sons.<\/p>\n for so they came to me<\/em> ] i.e. With kind acts and generous supplies of food when I was in great need. Let their reward be of a similar nature.<\/p>\n One of the sons of Barzillai here intended was probably Chimham (see the margin reference). Who the others were is not known. The family continued down to the return from the captivity, and still held property in Israel (compare Ezr 2:61<\/span> and Neh 7:63<\/span>).<\/P> <\/p>\n 1Ki 2:7<\/span><\/p>\n Shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Gratitude for kindnesses repaid<\/strong><\/p>\n An old English story tells of Frescobald, an Italian merchant who showed great kindness to Thomas Cromwell when he was in sore distress far from home. The stranger was welcomed to the merchants dwelling, and sent back safely to England. Years passed, and reverses came to Frescobald. He lost wealth and friends, and wandered as a beggar to this country. One day he saw a great crowd moving along the streets of London. The Lord Chancellor was going in state to open the courts. To Frescobalds delight, the central figure of the procession was his old friend Thomas Cromwell The Italian merchant soon reaped the fruit of his generous kindness in other days. Cromwells hospitality and munificence quickly made him forget all his care and sorrow. (J. Telford, B. A.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Sympathy with monarch appreciated<\/strong><\/p>\n Sympathy for those who are stronger, wealthier, healthier, more influential, and higher in authority than ourselves, is not so easily rendered. It does not often occur to us to extend the sympathetic hand or word to those whom we look upon as in any way our superiors, and yet none need our sympathy more than such as these. The minister is expected to feel for and with his parishioners, but the truth is that the minister needs sympathetic encouragement from them quite as much. So, too, of the physician and his patient. One of Tennysons biographers quotes the Queen as saying of the Laureate, When I took leave of him I thanked him for his kindness, and said I needed it, for I had gone through much, and he said, You are so alone on that terrible height; it is terrible. The sovereign appreciated kindness, consideration, and sympathy from her subjects, and the poet had a full realisation of what it meant to be so high up as to be practically alone in the world. We easily give our pity, our sympathy, and even our helping hand, to those who seem to us in sore stress, but we are not so thoughtful about what consolation and strength we might give to those who need it because their very elevation isolates them, and cuts them off from those human relations to which we all look for sympathetic aid. (Great Thoughts.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Barzillai<\/strong><\/p>\n Barzillais truly Highland courtesy, also, is abundantly conspicuous in the too-short glimpse we get of the lord of Rogelim. For, how he anticipated all Davids possible wants! How he put himself into all Davids distressed place! How he did to David as David would have done to him! How he came down from his high seat, with all his years on his head, in order with his own hand to conduct the king over Jordan! And, then, with what sweetness and music of manner and of speech he excused himself out of all the royal rewards and honours and promotions David had designed and decreed to put upon him!<\/p>\n The service and the loyalty I owe,<\/p>\n In doing, pays itself. Your Highness part The rest is labour which is not used for you.<\/p>\n The humility, also, of that Old Testament hero is already our New Testament humility in its depth and sweetness and beauty. In my spare hours this <\/strong>winter I have been delighting myself with Plutarchs Lives<\/em> in Thomas Norths Bible English. But how often as I read one noble name after another have I exclaimed, Oh, if some of those great men of old had only been among the Greeks who came to Philip, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus! Had they only seen Jesus, or even heard or read Paul! Then what ornaments would they have been in all New Testament nobleness and courtesy and humility. (Alex. Whyte, D. D.<\/em>)<\/p>\n Verse 7<\/span>. But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai<\/B><\/I>] 2Sa 19:31<\/span>, &c.<\/P> <\/p>\n Quest.<\/B> Why doth he not require the like kindness to Mephibosheth the son of his dear Jonathan? <\/P> Answ.<\/B> Either he and his were now extinct, or by their after-miscarriages had forfeited his favour. <\/P> For so, <\/B>i.e. with such kindness either as I cannot express, (as the particle so is elsewhere used,) or as I command thee to show to them. <\/P> They, <\/B>i.e. Barzillai and his sons; for though Barzillai only be mentioned, 2Sa 17:27<\/span>, yet his sons doubtless were instrumental in the business, especially Chimham, 2Sa 19:37<\/span>,38<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite<\/strong>,…. Who perhaps was now dead, and therefore he would have kindness shown to his posterity for his sake:<\/p>\n and let them be of those that eat of thy table<\/strong>; as Mephibosheth had at his, who also perhaps was dead, since no notice is taken of him; and as David would have had Barzillai, but he desired to be excused on account of his age:<\/p>\n for so they came to me, when I fled because of thy brother, Absalom<\/strong>; that is, they came to him, not only Barzillai, but his sons it seems; and fed him or furnished him with provisions, when he was obliged to fly to the other side Jordan, because of the rebellion of his son Absalom.<\/p>\n (7) Shew kindness<\/strong>.The charge of favour to the sons of Barzillai (see 2Sa. 19:37-40<\/span>) stands out in pleasant contrast. It has been noted that in Jer. 41:17<\/span> there is a reference to the habitation of Chimham, as being by Bethlehem, Davids own birthplace; as if David had given him inheritance there, out of what was especially his own.<\/p>\n 7<\/strong>. <\/strong> Barzillai the Gileadite <\/strong> See marginal references, and notes on 2Sa 19:31-39<\/span>.<\/p>\n “<\/strong> But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at your table, for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.” <\/p>\n In contrast to his advice concerning Joab was his advice concerning the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, the man who had supplied him and his men with provisions when they had sought refuge from Absalom’s rebellion in Mahanaim (2Sa 17:27-28<\/span>). It was Solomon’s solemn duty to show them kindness (literally ‘covenant love’) for David’s sake, by allowing them to continue having the privilege of sitting at the king’s table when David had gone, because of the loyalty and kindness that they had shown to David, a loyalty and kindness which had had no strings attached. The importance of this in David’s eyes is brought out by this being the central theme of the chiasmus. To be allowed to eat at the king’s table was widely seen in royal courts as a kind of permanent pension of the richest kind, even though their permanent presence in court would, of course, also help to guarantee the continuing loyalty of the men of Gilead. <\/p>\n 1Ki 2:7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.<\/p>\n Ver. 7. For so they came to me.<\/strong> ] So as I now desire thee to do to them, as did they to me when I was in distress – viz., they fed and relieved me, for which I hold myself their perpetual debtor. Eaten bread, we say, is soon forgotten; but not with the thankful. Agesilaus, king of Sparta, was always very grateful for any courtesies that he received; and used to say, that it was not only an unjust thing not to be thankful, but if a man did not return greater kindness than he received. a<\/em> How bountifully dealt the Lord Cromwell with Francis Frescobald, the Florentine, who had sometime relieved him in his great necessity, furnishing him with a horse, clothes, and money to bear his charges from Italy to England. b<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Plut. <\/p>\n b<\/em> Act. and Mon.<\/p>\n Barzillai. Compare 2Sa 17:27, 2Sa 17:29; 2Sa 19:31, 2Sa 19:32. <\/p>\n Barzillai: 2Sa 17:27-29, 2Sa 19:31-40, Pro 27:10 <\/p>\n eat: 2Sa 9:7, 2Sa 9:10, 2Sa 19:28, Luk 12:37, Luk 22:28-30, Rev 3:20, Rev 3:21 <\/p>\n when I fled: 2Sa 15:13-15 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 40:14 – show 2Sa 19:37 – Chimham Ezr 2:61 – Barzillai Neh 7:63 – Barzillai Jer 52:33 – he did<\/p>\n 1Ki 2:7. Show kindness to the sons of Barzillai Davids gratitude here expressed is remarkable. Barzillai only desired him to show kindness to Chimham, 2Sa 19:37; but he extends it to all his sons. Let them be of those that eat at thy table As Mephibosheth had done at Davids table. It is probable Mephibosheth was now dead, for otherwise David would not have forgotten him. For so they came to me Such kindness they showed me; inviting him to Barzillais house, who sustained him in his great distress, 2Sa 19:32.<\/p>\n 2:7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: {f} for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.<\/p>\n (f) That is, they dealt mercifully with me.<\/p>\n But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother. 7. sons of Barzillai the Gileadite ] The deserving conduct of Barzillai, during David’s flight from Absalom, is narrated 2Sa … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 2:7”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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