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2 Samuel 19:37 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee. "

2 Samuel 19:37

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35 I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.

38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.

39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.

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Jeremiah 41:17

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"But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers."

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From This Chapter

2 Samuel 19:1

"And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom."

2 Samuel 19:2

"And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son."

2 Samuel 19:3

"And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle."

2 Samuel 19:4

"But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!"

2 Samuel 19:5

"And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;"

2 Samuel 19:6

"In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well."

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