Now Barzillaiwas veryold,being eightyyearsold;and he had sustainedthe kingwhile he stayedat Mahanaim,for he was a verygreatman.
Now [there was] a manin Maonwhose businesswas in Carmel;and the manwas veryrich,and he had threethousandsheepand a thousandgoats.And it cameabout while he was shearinghis sheepin Carmel
A grayheadis a crownof glory;It is foundin the wayof righteousness.
His possessionsalso were 7,000sheep,3000camels,500yokeof oxen,500femaledonkeys,and verymanyservants;and that manwas the greatestof allthe menof the east.
Although Moseswas one hundredand twentyyearsoldwhen he died,his eyewas not dim,norhis vigorabated.
Jacoblivedin the landof Egyptseventeenyears;so the lengthof Jacob'slifewas one hundredand forty-sevenyears.
Theseare allthe yearsof Abraham'slifethat he lived,one hundredand seventy-fiveyears.
So allthe daysof Noahwere ninehundredand fiftyyears,and he died.
So allthe daysof Methuselahwere ninehundredand sixty-nineyears,and he died.
So Josephdiedat the ageof one hundredand tenyears;and he was embalmedand placedin a coffinin Egypt.
The kingsaidto Barzillai,"You crossoverwith me and I will sustainyou in Jerusalemwith me."
Then Menahemexactedthe moneyfrom Israel,even from allthe mightymenof wealth,from eachmanfiftyshekelsof silverto paythe kingof Assyria.So the kingof Assyriareturnedand did not remaintherein the land.
"In the same mannerthe one who [had received] the two[talents] gainedtwomore.
