And Barzillai said unto the king,.... In answer to the grateful proposal he made:how long have I to live; that could not be said with exactness by any; but it might be probably conjectured from the age he was of, and the infirmities that attended him, that he could not live long; it was but a short time he had to be in the world:that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
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2 Samuel 19:34
2 Samuel 19:34
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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