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).