2 Samuel 19:34

But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?

Berean Standard Bible

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

33The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.”

35I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

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Cross References

Genesis 47:8“How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.

Psalms 39:5You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah

James 4:14You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

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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