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2 Samuel 19:35

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?

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

In Context

34And the king said to Barzillai, Thou shalt go over with me, and I will nourish thine old age with me in Jerusalem.

36I am this day eighty years old: can I then distinguish between good and evil? Can thy servant taste any longer what I eat or drink? can I any longer hear the voice of singing men or singing women? and wherefore shall thy servant any longer be a burden to my lord the king?

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Cross References

Exodus 12:4And if they be few in a household, so that there are not enough for the lamb, he shall take with himself his neighbor that lives near to him—as to the number of souls, every one according to that which suffices him shall make a reckoning for the lamb.

2 Samuel 15:33And David said to him, If thou shouldest go over with me, then wilt thou be a burden to me;

Job 12:11For the ear tries words, 1 And the palate tastes meats. 1

Ecclesiastes 2:8Moreover I collected for myself both silver and gold also, 1 And the peculiar treasures of kings and provinces: 1 I procured me singing men and singing women, 1 And delights of the sons of men, 1 A butler and female cupbearers. 1

Isaiah 5:11Woe to them that rise up in the morning, and follow strong drink; who wait at it till the evening: for the wine shall 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 →

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