2 Samuel 19:34

And Barzillai said to the king, How many are the days of the years of my life that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

33And the king said to Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will sustain thee with me in Jerusalem.

35I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern between good and bad? Can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should thy servant be yet a burden to my

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Cross References

Genesis 47:8And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life?

Psalms 39:5Behold, thou have made my days [as] handbreadths, and my life-time is as nothing before thee. Surely every man at his best condition is altogether vanity. Selah.

James 4:14men who know not of the morrow. For what is your life? For it will be a vapor that appears for a little while, and then also vanishes away--

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 19:32-40

Mephibosheth Meets David. ( b. c. 1023.) 31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. 32 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. 33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. 34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the… Read the whole commentary →

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