30. But the king said to him: “Why do you go on talking? I say, ‘You and Ziba shall divide the property.’”
31. Meribbaal answered the king, “Indeed let him take it all, now that my lord the king has returned safely to his house.”
32. Barzillai the Gileadite also came down from Rogelim and escorted the king to the Jordan for his crossing, taking leave of him at the Jordan.
33. It was Barzillai, a very old man of eighty, who had provided for the king during his stay in Mahanaim; he was a very great man.
34. The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for your old age as my guest in Jerusalem.”
35. But Barzillai answered the king: “How much longer have I to live, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?