2 Samuel 19:32
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Now Berzellai the Galaadite was of a great age, that is to say, fourscore years old, and he provided the king with sustenance when he abode in the camp: for he was a man exceeding rich.

fourscore

Genesis 5:27 And all the days of Mathusala were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

Genesis 9:29 And all his days were in the whole nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.

Genesis 25:7 And the days of Abraham's life were a hundred and seventy-five years.

Genesis 47:28 And he lived in it seventeen years: and all the days of his life came to a hundred and forty-seven years.

Genesis 50:26 And he died, being a hundred and ten years old. And being embalmed, he was laid in a coffin in Egypt.

Deuteronomy 34:7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, neither were his teeth moved.

Psalm 90:3-10 Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men. . . .

Proverbs 16:31 Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.

provided

2 Samuel 17:27 And when David was come to the camp, Sobi the son of Naas of Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammihel of Lodabar and Berzellai the Galaadite of Rogelim,

for he was

1 Samuel 25:2 Now there was a certain man in the wilderness of Maon, and his possessions were in Carmel, and the man was very great: and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and it happened that he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

Job 1:3 And his possession was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a family exceedingly great: and this man was great among all the people of the east.

Context
David's Kindness to Barzillai
31Berzellai also the Galaadite coming down from Rogelim, brought the king over the Jordan, being ready also to wait on him beyond the river. 32Now Berzellai the Galaadite was of a great age, that is to say, fourscore years old, and he provided the king with sustenance when he abode in the camp: for he was a man exceeding rich.33And the king said to Berzellai: Come with me that thou mayest rest secure with me in Jerusalem.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:27
And when David was come to the camp, Sobi the son of Naas of Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammihel of Lodabar and Berzellai the Galaadite of Rogelim,

2 Samuel 19:33
And the king said to Berzellai: Come with me that thou mayest rest secure with me in Jerusalem.

Lexicon
Barzillai
וּבַרְזִלַּי֙ (ū·ḇar·zil·lay)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1271: Barzillai -- 'man of iron', three Israelites

was quite
מְאֹ֔ד (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

old,
זָקֵ֣ן (zā·qên)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2204: To be or become old

eighty
שְׁמֹנִ֖ים (šə·mō·nîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 8084: Eighty, eightieth

years
שָׁנָ֑ה (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8141: A year

of age,
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

and since
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

he was a very
מְאֹֽד׃ (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

wealthy
גָּד֥וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent

man,
אִ֛ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

he
וְהֽוּא־ (wə·hū-)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

had provided
כִלְכַּ֤ל (ḵil·kal)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3557: To keep in, to measure, to maintain

for the king
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

while he stayed
בְּשִׁיבָת֣וֹ (ḇə·šî·ḇā·ṯōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7871: Residence

in Mahanaim.
בְמַחֲנַ֔יִם (ḇə·ma·ḥă·na·yim)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4266: Mahanaim -- 'two camps', a place East of the Jordan


Additional Translations
Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

And Berzelli was a very old man, eighty years old; and he had maintained the king when he dwelt in Manaim; for he was a very great man.

And Barzillai was very aged, eighty years old; and it was he that had maintained the king while he abode at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim: for he was a very great man.

Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

and Barzillai is very aged, a son of eighty years, and he hath sustained the king in his abiding in Mahanaim, for he is a very great man;
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