29. And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more words? I have determined, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
30. And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Let him even take it all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
31. Barzillai, the Gileadite, also came down from Rogelim and went over the Jordan with the king to conduct him over the Jordan.
32. Now Barzillai was a very aged man, of eighty years, who had provided the king with sustenance while he was at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.
33. And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
34. And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
35. I am this day eighty years old, and shall I tell the difference between the good and the bad? Shall thy slave enjoy what I eat or what I drink? Shall I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should thy slave be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
36. Thy slave will go a little way over the Jordan with the king, and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?