Bahurim

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a town of Benjamin 4-5 km NE of Jerusalem (SMM, OS)

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choice; warlike; valiant

Google Maps: Bahurim (31° 49´, 35° 23´)

Hebrew

Strongs #0980: Myrxb Bachuriym or Myrwxb Bachuwriym

Bahurim = "young men's village"

1) a town in Benjamin between Jerusalem and Jericho beyond the Mount
of Olives on the way to Jericho

980 Bachuriym bakh-oo-reem'

or Bachuwriym {bakh-oo-reem'}; masculine plural of 970; young
men; Bachurim, a place in Palestine:-Bahurim.
see HEBREW for 0970

Strongs #01273: ymxrb Barchumiy

Barhumite = "son of the blackened: in the pitied"

1) a person from Bahurim, a village apparently on or close to the
road leading up from the Jordan valley to Jerusalem, and near the
south boundary of Benjamin

1273 Barchumiy bar-khoo-mee'

by transposition for 978; a Barchumite, or native of
Bachurim:-Barhumite.
see HEBREW for 0978

Bahurim [EBD]

young men, a place east of Jerusalem (2 Sam. 3:16; 19:16), on the road to the Jordan valley. Here Shimei resided, who poured forth vile abuse against David, and flung dust and stones at him and his party when they were making their way down the eastern slopes of Olivet toward Jordan (16:5); and here Jonathan and Ahimaaz hid themselves (17:18).

With the exception of Shimei, Azmaveth, one of David's heroes, is the only other native of the place who is mentioned (2 Sam. 23:31; 1 Chr. 11:33).

Bahurim [NAVE]

BAHURIM, a village between the fords of the Jordan and Jerusalem, 2 Sam. 3:16; 16:5; 17:18; 19:16; 1 Kin. 2:8.

BAHURIM [SMITH]

(low ground), a village, (2 Samuel 16:6) apparently on or close to the road leading up from the Jordan valley to Jerusalem, and near the south boundary of Benjamin.

BAHURIM [ISBE]

BAHURIM - ba-hu'-rim bachurim; Baoureim usually, but there are variants): A place in the territory of Benjamin which lay on an old road from Jerusalem to Jericho followed by David in his flight from Absalom (2 Sam 15:32 through 16:5 ff). It ran over the Mount of Olives and down the slopes to the East. The Talmud identifies it with Ale, math, the modern Almit, about a mile beyond `Anata, going from Jerusalem. If this identification is correct, Wady Farah may be the brook of water (2 Sam 17:20). Here Paltiel was parted from his wife Miehal by Abner (2 Sam 3:16). It was the home of Shimei, who ran along a ridge of the hill cursing and throwing stones at the fugitive king (2 Sam 16:5; 1 Ki 2:8). In Bahurim Jonathan and Ahimaaz, the messengers of David, were concealed in a well by a loyal woman (2 Sam 17:18 ff). Azmaveth, one of David's heroes, was a native of Bahurim. In 2 Sam 23:31 we should read, as in 1 Ch 11:33, Barahumite.

W. Ewing