2 Samuel 19:37
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Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you.
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Gilead and Mahanaim lay east of the Jordan, where David had taken refuge during Absalom’s revolt; Gilgal was the Jordan crossing point where he was returning westward toward Jerusalem, his royal capital. Barzillai’s request to remain near his home in Gilead highlights his old age and David’s restored kingship.
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2 Samuel 19:37 mentions Gilead, Gilgal, Jerusalem, Jordan and Mahanaim.
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