1 Kings 2:7 - The Scriptures 1998

⁷ “But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gilʽ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite and let them be among those who eat at your table; for with such kindness they met me when I fled because of Absalom your brother. [II Sam. 17:27-29.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ 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 from Absalom thy brother.

Common English Bible

⁷ As for Barzillai’s sons from Gilead, show them kindness. Let them eat with you. When I was running away from your brother Absalom, they came to me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Then, too, repay grace to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite. And you shall allow them to eat at your table. For they met me when I fled from the face of Absalom, your brother.

1 Kings 2:7 Cross References

Genesis 40:14

“But remember me when it is well with you, and please show kindness to me. And mention me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this house.

2 Samuel 19:28

“For all of my father’s house were but dead men before my master the sovereign. Yet you set your servant among those who eat at your own table. Therefore what right have I still to cry out any more to the sovereign?”

2 Samuel 9:10

“And you and your sons and your servants, shall work the land for him, and you shall bring in its yield, and your master’s son shall have food to eat. But let Mephiḇ

2 Samuel 9:7

Dawiḏ

2 Kings 25:29

and changed his prison garments. And he ate bread continually before the sovereign all the days of his life.

2 Kings 25:30

And as his allowance, a continual allowance was given to him from the sovereign, a quota for each day, all the days of his life.

Ezra 2:61

and of the sons of the priests: sons of Ḥ

Proverbs 27:10

Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend, And do not go into your brother’s house In the day of your calamity – Better is a neighbour nearby than a brother far away.

Jeremiah 52:33

So he changed his prison garments, and he ate bread continually before the sovereign all the days of his life.

Luke 12:37

“Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, shall find watching. Truly, I say to you that he shall gird himself and make them sit down to eat, and shall come and serve them.