32. Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old. He had provided the king with sustenance while he stayed at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
33. The king said to Barzillai, “Come over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.”
34. 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. I am eighty years old, today. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear the voice of singing men and singing women any more? Why then should your servant be a burden to my lord the king?