2 Samuel 19:37

Great⁽ⁱ⁾ ³⁷ O let thy seruaunt turne back agayne, that I maye dye in myne awne cytie, and (be buryed) in the graue of my father and of my mother. Beholde, here is thy seruaunt Chimeam: let him go with my Lorde the kynge, and do to him, what shall please the:

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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." (Ec 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.
Genesis 48:21; Joshua 23:14; Luke 2:29; Luke 2:30; 2 Timothy 4:6; 2 Peter 1:14
by the grave.
Genesis 47:30; Genesis 49:29-31; Genesis 50:13; 1 Kings 13:22
Chimham.
2 Samuel 19:40; 1 Kings 2:7; Jeremiah 41:17