34 But Barzillai said to the king, ^u“How many years have I still to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? 35 I am this day ^veighty years old. Can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or what he drinks? Can I still listen to the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be ^wan added burden to my lord the king? 36 Your servant will go a little way over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?