2 Samuel 19:35
I 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
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 12:4And if the household be too little for a lamb, then he and his neighbor next to his house shall take one according to the number of the souls, according to every man's eating ye shall make your count for the lamb.
2 Samuel 15:33And David said to him, If thou pass on with me, then thou will be a burden to me,
Nehemiah 7:67besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven. And they had two hundred forty-five singing men and singing women.
Job 12:11Does not the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
Ecclesiastes 2:8I also gathered for me silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of men, [and] a wife and wives.
Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!
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 →