King James Version
“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. require: Heb. choose”
2 Samuel 19:38 · KJV
Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
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.
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. require: Heb. choose
And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.
Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel. Chimham: Heb. Chimhan
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“shall go”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“of me that will I do”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“to him that which shall seem good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“unto thee and whatsoever thou shalt require”
H977properly, to try, i.e., (by implication) select
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“of me that will I do”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
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