2 Samuel 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._ Buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. This is an instance of the strong affection of people in the East toward the places of sepulture appropriated to their families. BEHOLD THY SERVANT CHIMHAM; LET HIM GO OVER WITH ANY LORD THE KING. It is an interesting corroboration of Chimham's introduction to the court of David, that a trace of his residence and property is found so late as the days of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 41:17)....

31-39 Barzillai thought he had done himself honour in doing the king any 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, Matthew 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....

Verse 2 Samuel 19:37. _THY SERVANT CHIMHAM_] It is generally understood that this was Barzillai's son; and this is probable from 1 Kings 2:7, where, when David was dying, he said, _Show kindness to the sons of_ _Barzillai_: and it is very probable that this Chimham was one of them. In Jeremiah 41:17 mention is made of the _habitation of Chimham_, which was near to Bethlehem; and it is reasonably conjectured that David had left that portion, which was probably a part of his paternal estate, to this son of Barzillai....

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....

EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 19:2 THE VICTORY (Hebrew, _the salvation_) THAT DAY WAS turned INTO MOURNING. Naturally, the people did not understand the poignant emotions caused by the activity of David's conscience, and were pained at this seeming ingratitude to them for their brave exertions in his behalf, and at what they must have regarded as indifference to the welfare of the nation. Nor would it be easy for us to understand his conduct during the flight from Jerusalem, and in bearing Shimei's imprecations so tamely, did we not find in the psalms written at this time that David was suffering extreme and even excessive self-reproach and mental anguish at his past sin. It was a relief to bear Shimei's rudeness, for God might remember it for good. Racked thus with self-

LET THY SERVANT, I PRAY THEE, TURN BACK AGAIN,.... To his own city, after he is gone ever Jordan, and seen the king a little way on his journey: THAT I MAY DIE IN MY OWN CITY: the city of Rogelim, where perhaps he was born, and had lived all his days, and where it is natural for people to desire to die, even in their native place: [AND BE BURIED] BY THE GRAVE OF MY FATHER, AND OF MY MOTHER: or "in" their grave, as Kimchi and Ben Melech, in the sepulchre of his fathers, where men usually choose to be buried: BUT BEHOLD, THY SERVANT CHIMHAM: who was his son; and so the Syriac and Arabic versions express it, my son Chimham: LET HIM GO OVER WITH MY LORD THE KING; not only over Jordan, but to Jerusalem with him: AND DO TO HIM WHAT SHALL SEEM GOOD UNTO THEE; advance him, and put him into any post or office the king should think fit, or bestow a pension upon him, or give him an estate

9. THE RETURN OF THE KING CHAPTER 19 _ 1. The continued grief of the king (2 Samuel 19:1)_ 2. The return of the king (2 Samuel 19:9) 3. Mercy shown to Shimei (2 Samuel 19:17) 4. Mephibosheth's joy (2 Samuel 19:24) 5. Barzillai and Chimham (2 Samuel 19:31) 6. Strife between Judah and Israel (2 Samuel 19:41) What grief must have been David's that “the victory of that day was turne

Joab induces the king to present himself to the people. 1 SAMUEL 19:9. THE RETURN OF DAVID (J). 2 SAMUEL 19:9. The two parts of 2 Samuel 19:11 must be transposed with the LXX, giving the following: Absalom's death left Western Palestine in a state of anarchy; the obvious remedy was the restoration of David, so that men said, Why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back? And the king learned what was being said throughout Israel; and king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back? They were to promise Amasa that he should supplant Joab as commander-in-chief. The men of Judah invite the king

David's return. Episodes on the journey 16 23. Shimei sues for pardon...

BEHOLD THY SERVANT CHIMHAM— Chimham, it is generally supposed, was Barzillai's son; see 1 Kings 2:7. In Jeremiah 41:17 there is mention of _the habitation of Chimham,_ which was near Bethlehem; and it is a very reasonable conjecture of Grotius, that David, having a patrimony in the field of Bethlehem, bestowed it upon this son of Barzillai, whence the place took the name of Chimham....