2 Samuel 19:36 meaning and explanation

Your servant could go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward?

2 Samuel 19:36, Berean Standard Bible

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Barzillai is speaking to David. The aged Gileadite had supplied the king's needs at Mahanaim during Absalom's revolt, and now, as David crosses the Jordan to reclaim his throne, the king offers to bring him to Jerusalem and provide for him there.

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