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31
|2 Samuel 19:31|
And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went on as far as Jordan with the king to take him across Jordan.
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32
|2 Samuel 19:32|
Now Barzillai was a very old man, as much as eighty years old: and he had given the king everything he had need of, while he was at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.
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33
|2 Samuel 19:33|
And the king said to Barzillai, Come over with me, and I will take care of you in Jerusalem.
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34
|2 Samuel 19:34|
And Barzillai said to the king, How much of my life is still before me, for me to go up to Jerusalem with the king?
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35
|2 Samuel 19:35|
I am now eighty years old: good and bad are the same to me; have meat and drink any taste for me now? am I able to take pleasure in the voices of men or women in song? why then am I to be a trouble to my lord the king?
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36
|2 Samuel 19:36|
Your servant's desire was only to take the king over Jordan; why is the king to give me such a reward?
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37
|2 Samuel 19:37|
Let your servant now go back again, so that when death comes to me, it may be in my town and by the resting-place of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham: let him go with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you.
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38
|2 Samuel 19:38|
And the king said in answer, Let Chimham go over with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good to you: and whatever your desire is, I will do it for you.
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39
|2 Samuel 19:39|
Then all the people went over Jordan, and the king went over: and the king gave Barzillai a kiss, with his blessing; and he went back to his place.
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40
|2 Samuel 19:40|
So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him: and all the people of Judah, as well as half the people of Israel, took the king on his way.
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Sugerencias
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