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Chimham

Mentioned 1022–587 BC traditional (Jones)

Mentioned in 4 verses, first in 2 Samuel 19:37.

Compiled from the tagged verses.

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4 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Places

Places named in the same verses as Chimham, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.

  1. likely location: Bethlehem1
  2. location not graded: Egypt1
  3. location not graded: Geruth Chimham1
  4. possible location: Gilgal1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1131–478 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

4 tagged verses in 2 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. 2 Samuel3
  2. Jeremiah1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBChimham 4
KJVChimham 4
ASVChimham 4

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 4 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

2 Samuel3 verses
  1. 19:37

    Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”

  2. 19:38

    The king replied, “Chimham will cross over with me, and I will do for him what is good in your sight, and I will do for you whatever you desire of me.”

  3. 19:40

    Then the king crossed over to Gilgal, and Chimham crossed over with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted the king.

Jeremiah1 verse
  1. 41:17

    And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, near Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt