Barzillai replied, “I don’t have much longer to live. I shouldn’t go with Your Majesty to Jerusalem.
You don’t know what will happen tomorrow. What is life? You are a mist that is seen for a moment and then disappears.
This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time has been shortened. While it lasts, those who are married should live as though they were not.
“If a person dies, will he go on living? I will wait for my relief to come as long as my hard labor continues.
The king told Barzillai, “Cross the river with me. I’ll provide for you in Jerusalem.”