Quotes about Hospitality
Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and send him on his way from there.
- 2 Samuel 19:31
Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
- 2 Samuel 19:32
The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.”
- 2 Samuel 19:33
When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.
- 2 Samuel 24:20
Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.
- 1 Kings 4:27
And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—
- 1 Kings 8:41
the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.
- 1 Kings 10:5
King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
- 1 Kings 10:13
Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”
- 1 Kings 13:7
So the prophet said to the man of God, “Come home with me and eat some bread.”
- 1 Kings 13:15
But the man replied, “I cannot return with you or eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
- 1 Kings 13:16
but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.
- 1 Kings 13:19