33. And the king said to Barzillai, “Come across with me, and I will provide for you while you are with me in Jerusalem.”
34. But Barzillai said to the king, “How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
35. I am today eighty years old. Can I discern between the good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any longer the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be a further burden to my lord the king?
36. Your servant will go a little way across the Jordan with the king. And why should the king repay me with such a reward?