Verse | Translation | Text |
2Sa 19:35 | King James | 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? |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
the voice of singing men and singing women--Bands of professional musicians form a prominent appendage to the courts of Oriental princes. |