28 All my father's family deserved to be put to death by Your Majesty, but you gave me the right to eat at your table. I have no right to ask for any more favours from Your Majesty.”
29 The king answered, “You don't have to say anything more. I have decided that you and Ziba will share Saul's property.”
30 “Let Ziba have it all,” Mephibosheth answered. “It's enough for me that Your Majesty has come home safely.”
31 Barzillai, from Gilead, had also come down from Rogelim to escort the king across the Jordan.
32 Barzillai was a very old man, eighty years old. He was very rich and had supplied the king with food while he was staying at Mahanaim.
33 The king said to him, “Come with me to Jerusalem, and I will take care of you.”
34 But Barzillai answered, “I haven't long to live; why should I go with Your Majesty to Jerusalem?