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King James Bible - 2 Samuel 19:38

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SEV Biblia, Chapter 19:38

Y el rey dijo: Pues pase conmigo Quimam, y yo haré con él como bien te parezca; y todo lo que tú pidieres de mí, yo lo haré.

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John Gill's Bible Commentary

Ver. 38. And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me , etc.] He admitted of him instead of his father: 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, ( Jeremiah 41:17); 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 “ Jeremiah 41:17”): 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.

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Matthew Henry Commentary

Verses 31-39 - Barzillai thought he had done himself honour in doing the king an service. 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 goo 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.

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Original Hebrew

ויאמר 559  המלך 4428  אתי 854  יעבר 5674  כמהם 3643  ואני 589  אעשׂה 6213  לו  את 853  הטוב 2896  בעיניך 5869 וכל 3605 אשׁר 834 תבחר 977 עלי 5921 אעשׂה׃ 6213