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2Sa 19:37 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Let thy		"The whole of this little episode is extremely interesting, and contains an affecting description of the infirmities of old age. The venerable and kind Barzillai was fourscore years old; his ear was become dull of hearing, and his relish for even royal dainties was gone: the evil days had arrived in which he was constrained to say, ""I have no pleasure in them."" (Ecc 12:1.) As he was too old either to enjoy the pleasures of a court, or to be of any further service to the king, he finishes his affecting address to the aged monarch with the request, that he would suffer him to enjoy what old men naturally desire, to ""die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and mother;"" at the same time commending his son Chimham to his kind offices."
I may die		Gen 48:21; Jos 23:14; Luk 2:29,30; 2Ti 4:6; 2Pe 1:14
by the grave		Gen 47:30; Gen 49:29-31; Gen 50:13; 1Ki 13:22
Chimham		2Sa 19:40; 1Ki 2:7; Jer 41:17

Correlating Passages

Let thy

Ecc 12:1

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

I may die

	Gen 48:21	And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
	Jos 23:14	And, behold, this day I [am] going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, [and] not one thing hath failed thereof.
	Luk 2:29	Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
	Luk 2:30	For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
	2Ti 4:6	For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
	2Pe 1:14	Knowing that shortly I must put off [this] my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

by the grave

	Gen 47:30	But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
	Gen 49:29	And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
	Gen 49:30	In the cave that [is] in the field of Machpelah, which [is] before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
	Gen 49:31	There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
	Gen 50:13	For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
	1Ki 13:22	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.

Chimham

	2Sa 19:40	Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.
	1Ki 2:7	But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
	Jer 41:17	And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Samuel 19:37," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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