28. For all my father's household was nothing but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right do I have yet that I should complain anymore to the king?"
29. So the king said to him, "Why do you still speak of your affairs? I have decided, 'You and Ziba shall divide the land.'"
30. Mephibosheth said to the king, "Let him even take it all, since my lord the king has come safely to his own house."
31. Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim; and he went on to the Jordan with the king to escort him over the Jordan.
32. Now Barzillai was very old, being eighty years old; and he had sustained the king while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.
33. The king said to Barzillai, "You cross over with me and I will sustain you in Jerusalem with me."
34. But Barzillai said to the king, "How long have I yet to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
35. I am now eighty years old. Can I distinguish between good and bad? Or can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Or can I hear anymore the voice of singing men and women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
36. Your servant would merely cross 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 Chimham, let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight."
38. The king answered, "Chimham shall cross over with me, and I will do for him what is good in your sight; and whatever you require of me, I will do for you."