2 Samuel 19:31–39

³¹Now ^aBarzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim; and he passed over the Jordan with the king in order to send him off over the Jordan.

³²Now Barzillai was very old, being eighty years old; and he had ^1asustained the king while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.

³³And the king said to Barzillai, “You pass over with me and I will ¹sustain you in Jerusalem with me.”

³⁴But Barzillai said to the king, “^aHow long ¹have I yet to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

³⁵“I am ¹now ^aeighty years old. Can I know between good and bad? Or can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Or can I hear anymore ^bthe voice of singing men and women? ^cWhy then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

³⁶“Your servant would merely pass over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king compensate me with this reward?

³⁷“Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. However, here is your servant ^aChimham, let him pass over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”

³⁸So the king answered, “Chimham shall pass over with me, and I will do for him what is good in your sight; and whatever you ¹require of me, I will do for you.”

³⁹Then all the people passed over the Jordan and the king passed over too. The king then ^akissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his place.