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

Have I said anything that's unjust? I can discern evil, can't I?"

The ear scrutinizes speech just as the palate tastes food."

But solid food is for mature people, whose minds are trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.

Surely you have tasted that the Lord is good!

Taste

So remember your Creator during your youth! Otherwise, troublesome days will come and years will creep up on you when you'll say, "I find no pleasure in them,"

I hear

not including 7,337 male and female servants, along with 200 singing men and women.

not including their 7,337 male and female servants. They had 245 men and women singers.

Pharaoh's daughter told her, "Go," so the young girl went and called the child's mother.

If a household is too small for a lamb, then it and its closest neighbor are to obtain one based on the number of individuals dividing the lamb based on what each person can eat.

A burden

But King David declined, saying to Absalom, "No, my son, we won't all go, since that would be too much trouble for you." Although Absalom begged David, he would not go, even though he did give his blessing.

David greeted him, "If you come along with me, you'll be a burden to me.