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Chimham
People's Dictionary of the Bible
Chimham (kĭm'hăm), longing. A follower, and probably a son, of Barzillai the Gileadite, who returned from beyond Jordan with David. 2 Samuel 19:37-38; 2 Samuel 19:40 (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. Jeremiah 41:17.
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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Chimham'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/rpd/c/chimham.html. 1893.