1 Kings 2:7

Easy To Read Version

“Be kind to the children of Barzillai of Gilead. Let them be your friends and eat at your table. They helped me when I ran away from your brother Absalom.

Cross References

Genesis 40:14

But when you are free, remember me. Be good to me and help me. Tell Pharaoh about me so that I can get out of this prison.

2 Samuel 19:28

You could have killed all my grandfather’s [111] family. But you did not do this. You put me with the people who eat at your own table. So I don’t have a right to complain to the king about anything.”

2 Samuel 9:10

You will farm the land for Mephibosheth. Your sons and servants will do this for Mephibosheth. You will harvest the crops. Then your master’s grandson (Mephibosheth) will have plenty of food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, will always be able to eat at my table.”

2 Samuel 9:7

David said to Mephibosheth, “Don’t be afraid. I will be kind to you. I will do this because of your father Jonathan. I will give back to you all of the land of your grandfather Saul. And you will always be able to eat at my table.”

2 Kings 25:29

Evil Merodach let Jehoiachin stop wearing prison clothes. And Jehoiachin ate at the same table with Evil Merodach, every day for the rest of his life.

2 Kings 25:30

So King Evil Merodach gave Jehoiachin every meal, every day, for the rest of his life.

Ezra 2:61

From the family of priests there were the descendants of:

Proverbs 27:10

Don’t forget your friends and your father’s friends. And if you have trouble, don’t go far away to your brother’s house for help. It is better to ask a neighbor that is near you than to go far away to your brother.

Jeremiah 52:33

So Jehoiachin took his prison clothes off. For the rest of his life, he ate regularly at the king’s table.

Luke 12:37

Those servants will be blessed when their master comes home, because he sees that his servants are ready and waiting for him. I tell you the truth. The master will dress himself for work and tell the servants to sit at the table. Then the master will serve them.