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    Bahurim (etymology uncertain) was a village mentioned in the Hebrew Bible east of Jerusalem, on the road to the Jordan valley, close to the Mount of Olives...
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    The biblical account says that Palti "followed her weeping as far as Bahurim. But Abner said to him 'Go Back!'. And he turned back.". According to the...
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  • Gate Of The Deity, anointment or consecration or confusion or mixing Baca Bahurim Bajith Bakbakkar, diligent searcher Bakbuk, a flagon, hollow Bakbukiah...
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    spelled Semei in the King James Version. Shimei ben Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, son of Gera, "a man of the family of the house of Saul" (2 Samuel 16:5–14...
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    describes an incident in which they hide from Abasalom's men in a well in Bahurim. In 1 Kings 1, during Adonijah's conspiracy, Jonathan tells Adonijah that...
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    the Septuagint and Chronicles) Abi-Albon from Beth-Arabah Azmaveth from Bahurim Eliahba from Shaalbim the (unnamed) sons of a man that was either named...
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    and David grants Ziba Mephibosheth's estates. As the party approaches Bahurim, a Benjaminite named Shimei begins cursing and stoning David for the bloodshed...
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  • 4 biblical individuals. One of David's mighty warriors and a native of Bahurim and possibly a Benjamite. (2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:33) A descendant...
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    Shimei cursed him as he passed through the village of Bahurim: 5. And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out thence a man of the family...
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  • The Jewish Encyclopedia (1902-1908) says: "This custom of feeding the Bahurim by billeting them daily upon the members of the community originated in...
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