2 Samuel 19:35
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Samuel 19:35 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Samuel 19:35 is a verse from the book of 2 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "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 d..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Samuel 19:35 — KJV
“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?”
— 2 Samuel 19:35 (KJV)
2 Samuel 19:35 in Context — About the Book of 2 Samuel
2 Samuel covers David's reign — his triumphs, his devastating fall with Bathsheba, and his raw, honest walk back to God. It shows that even a man after God's own heart needs mercy, and that God's covenant love survives our worst chapters.
Cross-References for 2 Samuel 19:35
“Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. hear: Heb. add to hear”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 19:35: eat, hear, any
“For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king? dead...: Heb. men of death”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 19:35: servant, eat, any
“According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 19:35: day, eat, hear
“It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 19:35: good, hear, voice
“I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. to give...: Heb. to draw my flesh with wine all...: Heb. the number of the days of their life”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 19:35: day, old, good
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