2 Samuel 19:35

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

Can i discern

Taste

Ecclesiastes 12:1

I hear

A burden

2 Samuel 13:25

2 Samuel 15:33

Bible References

Can i discern

“Is there injustice or malice on my tongue?
Can my palate not discern what is destructive?

“Does the ear not put words to the test,
Just as the palate tastes its food [distinguishing between the desirable and the undesirable]?

But solid food is for the [spiritually] mature, whose senses are trained by practice to distinguish between what is morally good and what is evil.

if in fact you have [already] tasted the goodness and gracious kindness of the Lord.

Taste

Remember [thoughtfully] also your Creator in the days of your youth [for you are not your own, but His], before the evil days come or the years draw near when you will say [of physical pleasures], “I have no enjoyment and delight in them”;

I hear

besides their male and female servants who numbered 7,337; and [among them] they had 200 male and female singers.

besides their male and their female servants, of whom there were 7,337; and they had 245 male and female singers.

And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go ahead.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother.

Now if the household is too small for a lamb [to be consumed], let him and his next door neighbor take one according to the number of people [in the households]; according to what each man can eat, you are to divide the lamb.

A burden

But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, we should not all go, for we will be a burden to you.” Although Absalom [strongly] urged David, still he would not go, but he gave him his blessing.

David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.