^{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?

^{36 Ref} Your servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

^{37 Ref} Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you.

³⁸ The king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you: and whatever you shall require of me, that will I do for you.