# 2 Samuel 19.35 **Book:** [2 Samuel](/codex/2-samuel/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 33. And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will sustain thee with me in Jerusalem. 34. And Barzillai said unto the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? > > **35. I am this day fourscore years old: can I discern between good and bad? 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?** > > 36. Thy servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? 37. Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, by the grave of my father and 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. (2 Samuel 19:33-37, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 33. The king said to Barzillai, “Come over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.” 34. Barzillai said to the king, “How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? > > **35. I am eighty years old, today. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear the voice of singing men and singing women any more? Why then should your servant be a burden to my lord the king?** > > 36. Your servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward? 37. Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you.” (2 Samuel 19:33-37, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 33. And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. 34. And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? How: Heb. How many days are the years of my life > > **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?** > > 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? 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. (2 Samuel 19:33-37, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 33. and the king saith unto Barzillai, 'Pass thou over with me, and I have sustained thee with me in Jerusalem.' 34. And Barzillai saith unto the king, 'How many [are] the days of the years of my life, that I go up with the king to Jerusalem? > > **35. A son of eighty years I [am] to-day; do I know between good and evil? doth thy servant taste that which I am eating, and that which I drink? do I hearken any more to the voice of singers and songstresses? and why is thy servant any more for a burden unto my lord the king?** > > 36. As a little thing, thy servant doth pass over the Jordan with the king, and why doth the king recompense me this recompense? 37. Let, I pray thee, thy servant turn back again, and I die in mine own city, near the burying-place of my father and of my mother,, and lo, thy servant Chimham, let him pass over with my lord the king, and do thou to him that which [is] good in thine eyes.' (2 Samuel 19:33-37, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Concepts:** - [Tree of Knowledge Objection](/codex/tree-of-knowledge-objection/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. 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Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.