Chimham

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Chimham
     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 accompanying him to Jerusalem after
     the defeat of Absalom (1 Kings 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).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Chimham, as they; like to them