2 Samuel 19:35-37

Living Bible

³⁵ I am eighty years old today, and life has lost its excitement.^[a] Food and wine are no longer tasty, and entertainment is not much fun; I would only be a burden to my lord the king. ³⁶ Just to go across the river with you is all the honor I need! ³⁷ Then let me return again to die in my own city, where my father and mother are buried. But here is Chimham.^[b] Let him go with you and receive whatever good things you want to give him.”