1 Kings 2:7
But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
Note Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant.
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.
But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Barzillai
- 2 Samuel 17:27–29; 2 Samuel 19:31–40; Proverbs 27:10
- eat
- 2 Samuel 9:7, 10; 2 Samuel 19:28; Luke 12:37; Luke 22:28–30; Revelation 3:20, 21
- when I fled
- 2 Samuel 15:13–15