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1Ki 2:7 Strong Concordance But shew [06213] kindness [02617] unto the sons [01121] of Barzillai [01271] the Gileadite [01569], and let them be of those that eat [0398] at thy table [07979]: for so they came [07126] to me when I fled [01272] because [06440] of Absalom [053] thy brother [0251].
  King James But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
One of the sons of Barzillai here intended was probably Chimham (see the margin reference). Who the others were is not known. The family continued down to the return from the captivity, and still held property in Israel (compare Ezr 2:61 and Neh 7:63).
 
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63 And of the priests [03548]: the children [01121] of Habaiah [02252], the children [01121] of Koz [06976], the children [01121] of Barzillai [01271], which took [03947] one of the daughters [01323] of Barzillai [01271] the Gileadite [01569] to wife [0802], and was called [07121] after their name [08034].
61 And of the children [01121] of the priests [03548]: the children [01121] of Habaiah [02252], the children [01121] of Koz [06976], the children [01121] of Barzillai [01271]; which took [03947] a wife [0802] of the daughters [01323] of Barzillai [01271] the Gileadite [01569], and was called [07121] after their name [08034]:
31 And Barzillai [01271] the Gileadite [01569] came down [03381] from Rogelim [07274], and went over [05674] Jordan [03383] with the king [04428], to conduct [07971] him over Jordan [03383].