32. Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim: for he was a very great man.
33. And the king said to Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
34. And Barzillai said to the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
35. I am this day eighty years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing-men and singing-women? why then should thy servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?