Barzillai

Whereas Captain Barzillai Coffin and his crew could boast of the seven or so whales they'd killed since leaving Nantucket on the Fourth of July, the men of the Essex were still putting their ship back together after the knockdown in the Gulf Stream and had yet to sight a whale.

Excerpt: In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick 2000

Six of the most boring pages I have ever read describe the last words of King David see Samuel 23:1-7 as well as his dealings with Abner, the son of Ner, Amasa, the son of Jether, and Shimei and Barzillai—so tedious, these Torah-borers, that they're fascinating, an enormous joke, along the lines of the famous Ben Stein economics lecture in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."

Raging Against Aging Henry Allen 2011

Gadatas and Gobryas are brothers of Barzillai; she is sister of

Cyropaedia 2007

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.

Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.

Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.

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And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim

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And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.

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And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.

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And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006