2 Samuel 19:35

19:35 I am presently eighty years old. Am I able to discern good and bad? Can I ¹  taste what I eat and drink? Am I still able to hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should I ²  continue to be a burden to my lord the king?

2 Samuel 21:1

The Gibeonites Demand Revenge

21:1 During David’s reign there was a famine for three consecutive years. So David inquired of the Lord. ³  The Lord said, “It is because of Saul and his bloodstained family, ⁴  because he murdered the Gibeonites.”

[19:35]  ¹ tn Heb “your servant.”

[19:35]  ² tn Heb “your servant.”

[21:1]  ³ tn Heb “sought the face of the Lord.”

[21:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the house of bloodshed.”