and is well known for good works #– #that is, if she has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the saints’ feet, helped the afflicted, and devoted herself to every good work.
For I have chosen him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfil to Abraham what he promised him.’
Barzillai was a very old man #– #eighty years old #– #and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the needs of the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.