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 on my tongue
or can my palate not taste disaster?

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Doesn’t the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?

But solid food is for the mature—for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.

since you have tasted

that the Lord is good.

Taste

So remember your Creator in the days of your youth:

Before the days of adversity come,
and the years approach when you will say,
“I have no delight in them”;

I hear

not including their 7,337 male and female slaves, and their 200 male and female singers.

not including their 7,337 male and female slaves, as well as their 245 male and female singers.

“Go,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. So the girl went and called the boy’s mother.

If the household is too small for a whole animal, that person and the neighbor nearest his house are to select one based on the combined number of people; you should apportion the animal according to what each person will eat.

A burden

The king replied to Absalom, “No, my son, we should not all go, or we would be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he wasn’t willing to go, though he did bless him.

David said to him, “If you go away with me, you’ll be a burden to me,