1 Kings

1 Kings 2:7

⁷But show loving devotion^c 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.

Footnotes

c 2:7 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.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But show	תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־	ta·‘ă·śeh-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
loving devotion	חֶ֔סֶד	ḥe·seḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H2617 goodness, kindness
to the sons	וְלִבְנֵ֨י	wə·liḇ·nê	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
of Barzillai	בַרְזִלַּ֤י	ḇar·zil·lay	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1271 Barzillai
the Gileadite	הַגִּלְעָדִי֙	hag·gil·‘ā·ḏî	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1569 Giladite
and let them be	וְהָי֖וּ	wə·hā·yū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
among those who eat	בְּאֹכְלֵ֣י	bə·’ō·ḵə·lê	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H398 eat
at your table	שֻׁלְחָנֶ֑ךָ	šul·ḥā·ne·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7979 table
because	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they stood by	קָרְב֣וּ	qā·rə·ḇū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7126 come near, approach
me	אֵלַ֔י	’ê·lay	Preposition; first person common singular	H413 motion to
when I fled	בְּבָרְחִ֕י	bə·ḇā·rə·ḥî	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H1272 go through, flee
from	מִפְּנֵ֖י	mip·pə·nê	Preposition-m; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
your brother	אָחִֽיךָ׃	’ā·ḥî·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H251 brother
Absalom	אַבְשָׁל֥וֹם	’aḇ·šā·lō·wm	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H53 Abshalom

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

2 Samuel 17:27–29 · 2 Samuel 9:7 · 2 Samuel 19:31–40 · 2 Samuel 9:10 · 2 Samuel 15:13–15 · Luke 22:28–30 · 2 Samuel 19:28 · Luke 12:37 · Proverbs 27:10

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.