2 Samuel 19:34

And Barzillai said vnto the king, Howe long haue I to liue, that I should goe vp with the king to Ierusalem?

Geneva Bible 1599

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 vnto Barzillai, Come ouer with me, and I will feede thee with me in Ierusalem.

35I am this day fourescore yeere olde: and can I discerne betweene good or euill? Hath thy seruant any taste in that I eat or in that I drinke? Can I heare any more the voyce of singing men and women? wherefore then should thy seruant be anymore a burthen vnto my lord the king?

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Cross References

Genesis 47:8Then Pharaoh sayde vnto Iaakob, Howe olde art thou?

Psalms 39:5Beholde, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age as nothing in respect of thee: surely euery man in his best state is altogether vanitie. Selah.

James 4:14(And yet ye cannot tell what shalbe to morowe. For what is your life? It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and afterward vanisheth 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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