23. And the king said to Shimei, "You shall not die." And he swore to him.
24. And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul, descended to meet the king, with unwashed his feet and uncut beard. And he had not washed his garments from the day that the king had departed, until the day of his return in peace.
25. And when he had met the king at Jerusalem, the king said to him, "Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?"
26. And in response, he said: "My lord the king, my servant spurned me. And I, your servant, spoke to him so that he might saddle a donkey for me, and I might climb upon it and go with the king. For I, your servant, am lame.
27. Moreover, he also accused me, your servant, to you, my lord the king. But you, my lord the king, are like an Angel of God. Do whatever is pleasing to you.
28. For my father's house was deserving of nothing but death before my lord the king. Yet you have placed me, your servant, among the guests of your table. Therefore, what just complaint might I have? Or what else can I cry out to the king?"
29. Then the king said to him: "Why are you still speaking? What I have spoken is fixed. You and Ziba shall divide the possessions."
30. And Mephibosheth responded to the king, "But now let him take it all, since my lord the king has been returned peacefully into his own house."
31. Likewise, Barzillai the Gileadite, descending from Rogelim, led the king across the Jordan, having prepared also to follow him beyond the river.
32. Now Barzillai the Gileadite was very old, that is, eighty years old. And he provided the king with sustenance when he was staying at the encampment. For indeed, he was an exceedingly rich man.
33. And so the king said to Barzillai, "Come with me, so that you may rest securely with me in Jerusalem."
34. And Barzillai said to the king: "How many days remain in the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
35. Today I am eighty years old. Are my senses quick to discern sweet and bitter? Or is food and drink able to delight your servant? Or can I still hear the voice of men and women singers? Why should your servant be a burden to my lord the king?
36. I, your servant, shall procede a little ways from the Jordan with you. I am not in need of this recompense.