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2 Samuel 19:35

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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?

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  1. 2 Samuel 19:33

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

  2. 2 Samuel 19:34

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

  3. 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?

  4. 2 Samuel 19:37

    Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.

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