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align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">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, <i>that</i> will I do for thee.</div><div id="jump">Jump to: <a href="/commentaries/barnes/2_samuel/19.htm" title="Barnes' Notes">Barnes</a> • <a href="/commentaries/benson/2_samuel/19.htm" title="Benson Commentary">Benson</a> • <a href="/commentaries/illustrator/2_samuel/19.htm" title="Biblical Illustrator">BI</a> • <a href="/commentaries/cambridge/2_samuel/19.htm" title="Cambridge Bible">Cambridge</a> • <a href="/commentaries/clarke/2_samuel/19.htm" title="Clarke's Commentary">Clarke</a> • <a href="/commentaries/darby/2_samuel/19.htm" title="Darby's Bible Synopsis">Darby</a> • <a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_samuel/19.htm" title="Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers">Ellicott</a> • <a 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Thus, when the saints shall be called to inherit the kingdom, they will be amazed at the recompence being so very far beyond the service, Mt 25:37. A good man would not go any where to be burdensome; or, will rather be so to his own house than to another's. It is good for all, but especially becomes old people, to think and speak much of dying. The grave is ready for me, let me go and get ready for it.<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/2_samuel/19.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>Chimham - From marginal references it appears that Chimham, having accepted David's offer, came and settled near Bethlehem. His house was still called after him at the time of the captivity. <a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/2_samuel/19.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>37. buried by the grave of my father and of my mother—This is an instance of the strong affection of people in the East towards the places of sepulture appropriated to their families.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/2_samuel/19.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> No text from Poole on this verse. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/2_samuel/19.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me,.... He admitted of him instead of his father: <p>and I will do unto him that which shall seem good unto thee; he puts it to Barzillai, and leaves it with him to ask what he would for his son, and he would grant it. We nowhere read what it was that Barzillai asked, or whether he asked anything; only this we read, that some hundreds of years afterward there was a place called the habitation of Chimham near Bethlehem, <a href="/jeremiah/41-17.htm">Jeremiah 41:17</a>; which makes it probable that David gave him a paternal estate of his there, since Bethlehem was his city; and the Targum on that place is expressly for it; See Gill on <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/41-17.htm">Jeremiah 41:17</a>, <p>and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee; whatever suit he should make to him, or whatever favour he should ask of him hereafter, when returned to his own city, he would grant it to him, if it could be possibly done; such a sense should he always retain of his kindness to him. <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/2_samuel/19.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">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.</span></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div>2 Samuel 19:38<a name="kad" id="kad"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/kad/2_samuel/19.htm">Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament</a></div>David consented to this, and said, "All that thou desirest of me I will do to him." בּחר with על is a pregnant construction, signifying to choose and impose, "choose upon me," i.e., the thing for me to grant thee.<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/19-38.htm">2 Samuel 19:38 Interlinear</a><br /><a href="/texts/2_samuel/19-38.htm">2 Samuel 19:38 Parallel Texts</a><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/niv/2_samuel/19-38.htm">2 Samuel 19:38 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/19-38.htm">2 Samuel 19:38 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_samuel/19-38.htm">2 Samuel 19:38 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/19-38.htm">2 Samuel 19:38 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/19-38.htm">2 Samuel 19:38 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://bibleapps.com/2_samuel/19-38.htm">2 Samuel 19:38 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="/2_samuel/19-38.htm">2 Samuel 19:38 Parallel</a><br /><a href="http://bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/19-38.htm">2 Samuel 19:38 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="http://holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/19-38.htm">2 Samuel 19:38 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="http://saintebible.com/2_samuel/19-38.htm">2 Samuel 19:38 French Bible</a><br /><a href="http://bibeltext.com/2_samuel/19-38.htm">2 Samuel 19:38 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="../2_samuel/19-37.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 19:37"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 19:37" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_samuel/19-39.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 19:39"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 19:39" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>