And it came to pass when David came to Manahaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel of Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

honey and butter, sheep and cheese of the herd. And they brought them to David and to his people with him to eat; for [one] said, The people [are] faint and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and crossed over the Jordan with the king, that he might escort the king over the Jordan.

And the king said to Barzillai, You shall go over with me, and I will nourish your old age with me in Jerusalem.

I am this day eighty years old: can I then distinguish between good and evil? Can your servant taste any longer what I eat or drink? Can I any longer hear the voice of singing men or singing women? And why shall your servant any longer be a burden to my lord the king?

Let your servant remain, I pray, and I will die in my city, by the tomb of my father and of my mother. And behold, your servant Chimham shall go over with my lord the king; and do to him as it seems good in your eyes.

And all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over. And the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned to his place.

Do not forsake your own friend or your father's friend, nor go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; better is a friend [that is] near than a brother living far off.

And David said to him, Fear not, for I will surely deal mercifully with you for the sake of Jonathan your father, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul the father of your father; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.

And you, and your sons, and your servants, shall till the land for him; and you shall bring in bread to the son of your lord, and he shall eat bread; and Mephibosheth the son of your lord shall eat bread continually at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

For all of my father's house were as dead men before my lord the king; yet you have set your servant among them that eat at your table; and what right have I any longer even to cry to the king?

Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly I say to you, that he will gird himself and have them recline [to eat], and he will come and serve them.

Now you are those who have remained with Me in My trials.

so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel."

Behold, I stand at the door and I am knocking. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him and I will dine with him, and he with Me.

He that overcomes, I will grant to him to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

And there came a messenger to David, saying, the heart of the men of Israel has gone after Absalom.

And the king's servants said to the king, In all things which our lord the king chooses, behold, [we are] your servants.