World English Bible
2 Samuel 19:34
“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?”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 19
Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
The king said to Barzillai, "Come over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.
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?
I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your 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 your servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?
Your servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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