Chimham
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....
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accompanied King David to Gilgal after the death of Absalom.
(2 Samuel 19:37-40)...
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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....
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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....
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kim'-ham (kimham (2 Sam 19:37,38) or kimhan (2 Sam 19:40) or
kemohem (Jer 41:17 Kt.); this reading, however, may probably
be safely ignored): One of the sons of Barzillai the
Gileadite, who supported David while the latter was in exile
in Mahanaim (2 Sam 19:37). After the death of Absalom,
Barzillai was invited to spend the remainder of his li...
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A Gileadite
2Sa 19:37,38,40; Jer 41:17...
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(longing), a follower and probably a son, of Barzillai the
Gileadite, who returned from beyond Jordan with David. 2Sa
19:37,38,40 (B C 1023.) David appears to have bestowed on him
a possession at Bethlehem, on which, in later times, an inn or
khan was standing. Jer 41:17...
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pining, probably the youngest son of Barzillai the Gileadite
(2
Sam. 19:37-40). The "habitation of Chimham" (Jer.
41:17) was
probably an inn or khan, which is the proper meaning
of the
Hebrew _geruth_, rendered "habitation", established in
later
times in his possession at Bethlehem, which David gave
to him as
a reward for his loyalty in a...
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2 Samuel 19:34; 2 Samuel 19:37-40. Taken by David to court,
instead of Barzillai the Gileadite, his father, to whom the
king owed a debt of gratitude for help in his flight from
Absalom. In Jeremiah 41:17, ages after, the Jewish refugees
from the Babylonians "dwelt in the habitation of Chimham,
which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt....
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