27. So Ziba has slandered your servant to my master and king, but my master and king is a messenger of God. So do whatever seems best to you.
28. Even though all the members of my grandfather’s family were nothing short of demonic toward my master and king, you still put your servant with those who eat at your table. So what right do I have to beg for still more from the king?"
29. "You don’t need to talk any more about this," the king said to him. "I order you and Ziba to divide the property."
30. Mephibosheth said to the king, "Let him take all of it, since my master and king has come home safely."
31. Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim. He accompanied the king to the Jordan River to send him off there.
32. Barzillai was very old, 80 years of age. He had supported the king during his stay at Mahanaim because Barzillai was a very wealthy man.
33. The king said to Barzillai, "Come over the Jordan with me. I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem."
34. But Barzillai said to the king, "How many years do I have left that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?