Chimham @ pining, probably the youngest son of Barzillai the Gileadite ( 2Samuel:19:37-40). The "habitation of Chimham" Jeremiah: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 accompanying him to Jerusalem after the defeat of Absalom (kjvKings:2:7). It has been supposed that, considering the stationary character of Eastern institutions, it was in the stable of this inn or caravanserai that our Saviour was born Luke:2:7).
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