32 Barzillai was very old: eighty years old; and he had provided the king food while he stayed in Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.

33 So the king said to Barzillai, “You cross over with me, and I will provide you food in Jerusalem with me.”

34 But Barzillai said to the king, “How long do I still have 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 still hear the voice of men and women singing? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

2 Samuel 19:32-35, New American Standard Bible. Copyright © 2020 by The Lockman Foundation.
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