Barzillai

Barzillai the Gileadite was a wealthy and elderly man from Rogelim in Gilead who generously supplied David and his troops with provisions during David's flight from his son Absalom (2 Samuel 17:27–29). When David returned victorious to Jerusalem, he invited Barzillai to come and spend his remaining years at the royal court; the old man, then eighty years old, declined on account of his age but sent his son Chimham in his place (2 Samuel 19:31–38). David later instructed Solomon to show kindness to Barzillai's descendants (1 Kings 2:7), honoring the loyalty of this faithful supporter.