Jeremiah 32:34

32:34 They set up their disgusting idols in the temple which I have claimed for my own 1  and defiled it.

Jeremiah 41:17

41:17 They set out to go to Egypt to get away from the Babylonians, 2  but stopped at Geruth Kimham 3  near Bethlehem. 4 

Jeremiah 49:27

49:27 “I will set fire to the walls of Damascus;

it will burn up the palaces of Ben Hadad.” 5 

1 tn Heb “the house which is called by my name.” Cf. 7:10, 11, 14 and see the translator’s note on 7:10 for the explanation for this rendering.

2 tn Heb “Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.

3 sn Geruth Kimham is nowhere else mentioned in the Bible and its precise location is unknown. Many commentators relate the second part of the name to the name of the son of David’s benefactor when he fled from Absalom (2 Sam 19:38-39) and see this as a reference to an estate that David assigned this son as reward for his father’s largess. Gibeon was about six miles northwest of Jerusalem and Benjamin is approximately the same distance southwest of it. Hence, the people mentioned here had not traveled all that far.

4 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

5 sn Ben-Hadad was a common name borne by a number of the kings of Damascus, e.g., one during the time of Asa around 900 b.c. (cf. 1 Kgs 15:18-20), one a little later during the time of Omri and Ahab around 850 (1 Kgs 20), and one during the time of Jehoash about 800 (2 Kgs 13:24-25).