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2 Samuel 19

2 Sam. 19:39 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And all the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
went over
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
Jordan
Yarden (Hebrew #3383)
a descender; Jarden, the principal river of Palestine
KJV usage: Jordan.
Pronounce: yar-dane'
Origin: from 3381
. And when the king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
was come over
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
, the king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
kissed
nashaq (Hebrew #5401)
to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons
KJV usage: armed (men), rule, kiss, that touched.
Pronounce: naw-shak'
Origin: a primitive root (identical with 5400, through the idea of fastening up; compare 2388, 2836)
m Barzillai
Barzillay (Hebrew #1271)
iron-hearted; Barzillai, the name of three Israelites
KJV usage: Barzillai.
Pronounce: bar-zil-lah'-ee
Origin: from 1270
, and blessed
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
him; and he returned
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
unto his own place
maqowm (Hebrew #4725)
also (feminine) mqowmah {mek-o-mah'}; or mqomah {mek-o-mah'}; from 6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
KJV usage: country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X whither(-soever).
Pronounce: maw-kome'
Origin: or maqom {maw-kome'}
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Gen. 31:55• 55And Laban rose early in the morning, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them; and Laban went and returned to his place. (Gen. 31:55)
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1 Thess. 5:26• 26Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss. (1 Thess. 5:26)

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Barzillai,
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Ministry on This Verse

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the king.The kiss was the token of friendship and farewell; the blessing was a prayer to God for his prosperity:
probably a prophetical benediction.kissed Barzillai.
Gen. 31:55• 55And Laban rose early in the morning, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them; and Laban went and returned to his place. (Gen. 31:55)
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Gen. 45:15• 15And he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them; and after that his brethren talked with him. (Gen. 45:15)
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Ruth 1:14• 14And they lifted up their voice and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave to her. (Ruth 1:14)
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1 Kings 19:20• 20And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and I will follow thee. And he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to thee? (1 Kings 19:20)
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Acts 20:37• 37And they all wept sore; and falling upon the neck of Paul they ardently kissed him, (Acts 20:37)
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1 Thess. 5:26• 26Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss. (1 Thess. 5:26)
blessed.
2 Sam. 6:18,20• 18And when David had ended offering up the burnt-offerings and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah of hosts.
 20And David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How honourable did the king of Israel make himself to-day, who uncovered himself to-day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the lewd fellows shamelessly uncovers himself! (2 Sam. 6:18,20)
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2 Sam. 13:25• 25And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to thee. And he urged him, but he would not go; and he blessed him. (2 Sam. 13:25)
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Gen. 14:19• 19And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High *God, possessor of heavens and earth. (Gen. 14:19)
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Gen. 28:3• 3And the Almighty *God bless thee, and make thee fruitful and multiply thee, that thou mayest become a company of peoples. (Gen. 28:3)
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Gen. 47:7,10• 7And Joseph brought Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
 10And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from Pharaoh. (Gen. 47:7,10)
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Luke 2:34• 34And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Lo, this child is set for the fall and rising up of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against; (Luke 2:34)
returned.
Gen. 31:55• 55And Laban rose early in the morning, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them; and Laban went and returned to his place. (Gen. 31:55)
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Num. 24:25• 25And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way. (Num. 24:25)
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1 Sam. 24:22• 22And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; and David and his men went up to the stronghold. (1 Sam. 24:22)
• When leaving him David gives him a token of his love: "The king kissed Barzillai." Through this kiss he, like Enoch, receives the testimony of having pleased God in the person of His anointed. (“Grace: 2 Samuel 19:1-40” by H.L. Rossier)
• The king "blessed him" (2 Sam. 19:39). Jesus also when leaving His beloved disciples lifted His hands to bless them and today maintains the same attitude with regard to us. His hands although invisible remain lifted up over us, leaving in our hearts the certainty of the full efficacy of His work. (“Grace: 2 Samuel 19:1-40” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And all the people went over the Jordan; and the king went over; and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned to his own place.