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2 Samuel 19:34

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And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

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  1. 2 Samuel 19:32

    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.

  2. 2 Samuel 19:33

    And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.

  3. 2 Samuel 19:35

    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?

  4. 2 Samuel 19:36

    Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.