2 Samuel 19:37 · WEB
“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."”
— 2 Samuel 19:37
Speaker
Barzillai
Era
Kingdom (~1000 BC)
Emotion
grieving
Type
dialogue
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
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