2 Samuel 19:33-37

33King David said to him, ‘Come with me to live in Jerusalem. I will take care of you while you are with me there.’

34Barzillai answered the king, ‘I will not live many more years. Why should I go to live in Jerusalem with the king?

35I am already 80 years old. I can no longer tell what is nice or what is bad. I cannot taste what I eat and drink. I cannot still hear people's voices when they sing. I would only cause trouble to you, my lord the king.

36I will come across the river and I will travel a short way with you. But I cannot accept your kind gift.

37Let me return to my own town, sir. Then I will die there. They can bury me near the grave of my father and my mother. Look! Here is my son, Kimham. Let him go with you, my lord the king. Please do for him whatever you think is right.’