^{32 Ref} Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

^{33 Ref} The king said to Barzillai, Come you over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.

^{34 Ref} Barzillai said to the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

^{35 Ref} I am this day eighty years old: can I discern between good and bad? can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? why then should your servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?