place · also Baharum
Bahurim
בַּחֻרִים
Bahurim (or Baharum) was a village near Jerusalem, known as the home of Shimei, who cursed David. (2Sa.3.16; 16:5; 17:18; 19:16; 1Ki.2.8; 2Sa.23.31; 1Ch.11.33)
- verses
- 7
- first named
- 2 Samuel 3:16
- last named
- 1 Chronicles 11:33
- feature
- settlement
- coordinates
- 31.79°N · 35.26°E
Ras Tumeim (OpenBible)
Scholarship offers 2 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.
Description
Bahurim in the text
Bahurim, also spelled Baharum, was a village located near Jerusalem, likely within the territory of Benjamin. It is mentioned several times in the Bible, primarily in connection with events during the reign of King David.
In 2Sa.3.16, Bahurim is mentioned as the place where Michal, David's wife, was returned to him by her husband Paltiel, as ordered by David. Later, when David was fleeing from his son Absalom, Shimei, a member of Saul's clan from Bahurim, cursed and threw stones at David and his men (2Sa.16.5). However, when David returned to Jerusalem after Absalom's defeat, Shimei met him at the Jordan River and apologized for his actions (2Sa.19.16; 1Ki.2.8).
Bahurim is also mentioned as the hometown of Azmaveth, one of David's mighty men (2Sa.23.31; 1Ch.11.33). Additionally, Jonathan and Ahimaaz, the sons of the priests Abiathar and Zadok, hid in a well at Bahurim to avoid being captured by Absalom's men while relaying information to David (2Sa.17.18).
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The pattern
Where Bahurim is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
7 verses across 3 of 66 books; 63 write the name nowhere. Named in 2 Samuel (5), 1 Kings (1) and 1 Chronicles (1).
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Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 7, across 3 books.
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