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30 Whereupon Memphibosthe said to the king, Nay, let him take all, seeing my lord the king is returned to his house in peace.
31 Berzelli, the Galaadite, also came down from Rogellim, and crossed the Jordan with the king, to convoy him over the Jordan.
32 Now Berzelli was a very old man, being then eighty years of age, and he had supplied the king and his household with provisions at Manaim, for he was a very wealthy man.
33 When the king said to Berzelli, Thou shalt come over with me, that I may nourish thy old age with me at Jerusalem;
34 Berzelli said to the king, How many can the days of the years of my life be, that I should go with the king to Jerusalem?
35 I am now eighty years of age. Can I distinguish between good and evil? Can thy servant any more relish what I eat or drink? Or can I any more hear the voice of singing men or singing women? Why then should thy servant be a burthen to my lord the king?
36 Thy servant will go a little way across the Jordan with the king; but why should the king make me such a recompence?
37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, stay, that I may die in my own city, near the tomb of my father and mother. And behold thy servant Chamaam shall go over with my lord the king. Do to him what is good in thy sight.
38 And the king said, Let Chamaam come over with me, and I will do for him what is good in my sight, and whatever thou requirest of me, I will do for thee.
39 Now all the people had crossed the Jordan, and when the king had crossed, he kissed Berzelli, and bade him farewell, and he returned to his place;