28 For (A)all my father’s household was only people worthy of death to my lord the king; (B)yet you placed your servant among those who ate at your own table. So what right do I still have, that I should [a]complain anymore to the king?”

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  1. 2 Samuel 19:28 Lit cry out

28 All my grandfather’s descendants deserved nothing but death(A) from my lord the king, but you gave your servant a place among those who eat at your table.(B) So what right do I have to make any more appeals to the king?”

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However, (A)show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and (B)let them be among those who eat at your table; (C)for [a]they assisted me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

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  1. 1 Kings 2:7 Lit so they came near to me

“But show kindness(A) to the sons of Barzillai(B) of Gilead and let them be among those who eat at your table.(C) They stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

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29 So [a]Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes, and [b](A)had his meals in [c]the king’s presence regularly all the days of his life;

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  1. 2 Kings 25:29 Lit he
  2. 2 Kings 25:29 Lit ate bread
  3. 2 Kings 25:29 Lit his presence

29 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table.(A)

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