28 For my father's house was deserving of nothing but death before my lord the king. Yet you have placed me, your servant, among the guests of your table. Therefore, what just complaint might I have? Or what else can I cry out to the king?'
29 Then the king said to him: 'Why are you still speaking? What I have spoken is fixed. You and Ziba shall divide the possessions.'
30 And Mephibosheth responded to the king, 'But now let him take it all, since my lord the king has been returned peacefully into his own house.'
31 Likewise, Barzillai the Gileadite, descending from Rogelim, led the king across the Jordan, having prepared also to follow him beyond the river.
32 Now Barzillai the Gileadite was very old, that is, eighty years old. And he provided the king with sustenance when he was staying at the encampment. For indeed, he was an exceedingly rich man.
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