Person

Chimham

Gender:: Male
Verse mentions:: 4

Chimham was the son of Barzillai, the elderly ally who helped David during Absalom's revolt; when Barzillai declined David's offer to live at court because of his age, David took Chimham with him instead (2 Samuel 19:37-40). A settlement near Bethlehem later called "the habitation of Chimham" served as a waypoint when Judah's remnant fled to Egypt after Jerusalem's fall (Jeremiah 41:17).

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Reference	Verse
2 Samuel 19:37	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.
2 Samuel 19:38	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.
2 Samuel 19:40	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.
Jeremiah 41:17	And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

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