I am now eighty years old. Can I distinguish between good and bad? Or can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Or can I still hear the voice of men and women singing? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

Commentaries

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John Gill

John Gill

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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

I [am] this day fourscore years old Not that that day was precisely his birthday, but that he was about such an age, very…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

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17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Barzillai thought he honored himself by performing any service for the king. Thus, when the saints will be called to inherit the kingdom, they will…