Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old.
He had provided the king with sustenance while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.
The king said to Barzillai, “Come over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.”
Barzillai said to the king, “How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?