Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

Provided

For he was

Bible References

Fourscore

Genesis 5:27
Altogether, Methuselah lived nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and then he died.
Genesis 9:29
Noah lived a total of nine hundred and fifty years, and then he died.
Genesis 25:7
Abraham lived one hundred and seventy-five years.
Genesis 47:28
Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, until he was a hundred and forty-seven years old.
Genesis 50:26
Joseph died in Egypt at the age of one hundred and ten. His body was embalmed and put in a coffin.
Deuteronomy 34:7
Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor his vigor abated.
Psalm 90:3
You turn men back into dust and say: Return, O sons of men!
Proverbs 16:31
Gray hair is a crown of glory when it is found in the way of righteousness.

Provided

2 Samuel 17:27
David went to the town of Mahanaim. Shobi son of Nahash came from Rabbah in Ammon, Machir son of Ammiel came from Lo-Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite came from Rogelim.

For he was

1 Samuel 25:2
There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very rich man. He had three thousand sheep and one thousand goats. He sheared his sheep in Carmel.
Job 1:3
He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, one thousand head of cattle, and five hundred donkeys. He also had a large number of servants. In fact he was the greatest (richest) of all the Orientals in the East!