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Geruth Chimham

Geruth Chimham (Biblical Place • Bethlehem 1 • 31.705°N, 35.210°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 41:17 (identified with Bethlehem 1 ). It is closely linked with Shem (Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah ): ( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 )

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Shem (Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah ): ( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 ) (mentioned in Genesis 5 , Genesis 6 , Genesis 7 ) Gershon ( Gershom ) (Generation 24 • Child of Levi ): ( Genesis 46:11 , Exodus 6:16 , Numbers 3:17 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 , 6:1 , 6:16 , 6:43 ) The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward ( Numbers 3:23 ). (mentioned in Genesis 46 , Exodus 2 , Exodus 6 ) Gershom (Generation 27 • Child of Moses ): Gershom is a biblical figure in Generation 27, child of Moses , parent of Shebuel . ( Exodus 2:22 , Exodus 18:3 , 1 Chronicles 23:15 ) (mentioned in Exodus 2 , Exodus 18 ) Zimmah (Generation 28 • Child of Shimei ): Zimmah is a biblical figure in Generation 28, child of Shimei , parent of Ethan . ( 1 Chronicles 6:20 , 1 Chronicles 6:42 ) (mentioned in 1 Chronicles 6 , 2 Chronicles 29 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Geruth Chimham (Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 41:17 (identified with Bethlehem 1 ).) Kerioth (Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 48:24 , Amos 2:2 (identified with Kiriathaim 1 ).)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Jeremiah 41:17 : "And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth–lehem, to go to enter into Egypt ,"; 2 Samuel 19:40 : "Then the king went on to Gilgal , and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel ."; 2 Samuel 19:38 : "And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.". Related canonical books and chapters: Jeremiah (Old Testament • 52 Chapters), Ruth (Old Testament • 4 Chapters), Zechariah (Old Testament • 14 Chapters).

Topics, People & Places (36)

Geruth Chimham

99% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • Bethlehem 1 • 31.705°N, 35.210°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 41:17 (identified with Bethlehem 1 ).

Shem

98% Messianic Line

Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah

( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 )

Gershon (Gershom)

88% Gen 24

Generation 24 • Child of Levi

( Genesis 46:11 , Exodus 6:16 , Numbers 3:17 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 , 6:1 , 6:16 , 6:43 ) The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward ( Numbers 3:23 ).

Gershom

79% Gen 27

Generation 27 • Child of Moses

Gershom is a biblical figure in Generation 27, child of Moses , parent of Shebuel . ( Exodus 2:22 , Exodus 18:3 , 1 Chronicles 23:15 )

Zimmah

77% Gen 28

Generation 28 • Child of Shimei

Zimmah is a biblical figure in Generation 28, child of Shimei , parent of Ethan . ( 1 Chronicles 6:20 , 1 Chronicles 6:42 )

Shimei

75% Gen 25

Generation 25 • Child of Gershon (Gershom)

Shimei is a biblical figure in Generation 25, child of Gershon ( Gershom ). ( Exodus 6:17 , Numbers 3:18 , 1 Chronicles 6:17 )

Jerimoth

73% Gen 25

Generation 25 • Child of Bela

Jerimoth is a biblical figure in Generation 25, child of Bela . ( 1 Chronicles 7:7 )

Jeremiah

73% Old Testament

Old Testament • 52 Chapters

Jeremiah (Old Testament, 52 chapters). Key figures: Hilkiah , Benjamin , Josiah , Amon , Judah , Jehoiakim (or Eliakim ). Key places: Anathoth , Jerusalem , Egypt , Baal , Kittim , Kedar . Opens with: "The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah , of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin :..."

Lamech

70% Messianic Line

Generation 9 • Messianic Line • Child of Methuselah

Lamech is a biblical figure in Generation 9 of the Messianic Line , child of Methuselah , parent of Noah . ( Genesis 5:25 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 , Genesis 5:31 )

Judah

69% Messianic Line

Generation 23 • Messianic Line • Child of Jacob/Israel

Judah is a biblical figure in Generation 23 of the Messianic Line , child of Jacob/Israel , parent of Er, Onan , Shelah , Perez , Zerah . ( Genesis 29:35 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 )

Perez

69% Messianic Line

Generation 24 • Messianic Line • Child of Judah

( Genesis 38:29 , Genesis 46:12 , Numbers 26:20 , 1 Chronicles 2:4 , 1 Chronicles 4:1 )Perez was the twin brother of Zerah . ( Genesis 38:29-30 )

Jephunneh

69% Gen 25

Generation 25 • Child of Shelah

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife, Shua, was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 28:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

Abram/Abraham

68% Messianic Line

Generation 20 • Messianic Line • Child of Terah

( Genesis 11:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:26-27 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 25:7-10 ) G-d renamed Abram to Abraham ( Genesis 17:5 ). Abram was the first person called 'Hebrew' in the Bible ( Genesis 14:13 ). Abram was born 1948 years from the creation of the world.

Gaham

68% Gen 21

Generation 21 • Child of Nahor

Mother:Reumah ( Genesis 22:24 )

Shimei

68% Gen 27

Generation 27 • Child of Jahath

Shimei is a biblical figure in Generation 27, child of Jahath , parent of Zimmah . ( 1 Chronicles 6:20 , 1 Chronicles 6:42 )

Ham

67% Gen 11

Generation 11 • Child of Noah

Ham is a biblical figure in Generation 11, child of Noah , parent of Cush , Mizraim , Put, Canaan . ( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 )

Achim

67% Messianic Line

Generation 58 • Messianic Line • Child of Zadoc

Achim is a biblical figure in Generation 58 of the Messianic Line , child of Zadoc , parent of Eliud . ( Matthew 1:14 )

Jeroham

67% Gen 42

Generation 42 • Child of Eliab

Jeroham is a biblical figure in Generation 42, child of Eliab , parent of Elkanah , Elkanah . ( 1 Chronicles 6:27 )

Eber (or Heber)

66% Messianic Line

Generation 14 • Messianic Line • Child of Shelah

( Genesis 10:24 , 1 Chronicles 1:18 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:17-18 ) Eber/Heber is the person who became the father of the Hebrews . Abram was the first to be called a Hebrew in Scripture ( Genesis 14:13 ).

Caleb

66% Gen 26

Generation 26 • Child of Jephunneh

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife (Shua's daughter) was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 38:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

Ruth

65% Old Testament

Old Testament • 4 Chapters

Ruth (Old Testament, 4 chapters). Key figures: Moab , Judah , Boaz , Jacob/Israel , Leah , Tamar . Key places: Moab , Tamar 2 , Hezron . Opens with: "Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to so..."

Zimmah

65% Gen 27

Generation 27 • Child of Jahath

Zimmah is a biblical figure in Generation 27, child of Jahath , parent of Joah . ( 1 Chronicles 6:20 )

Peleg

65% Messianic Line

Generation 15 • Messianic Line • Child of Eber (or Heber)

( Genesis 10:25 , 1 Chronicles 1:19 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:18-19 ) The first person of Scripture's genealogies to die after the Flood was someone born after the Flood : Peleg.

Kerioth

64% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • Kiriathaim 1 • 31.583°N, 35.700°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 48:24 , Amos 2:2 (identified with Kiriathaim 1 ).

Ithamar

63% Gen 27

Generation 27 • Child of Aaron

( Exodus 6:23 , Numbers 3:2 , Numbers 26:60 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 1 Chronicles 24:1 ) Moses , Aaron , and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ).

שֵׁם

sem

H8034 Hebrew

name, memorial, reputation

name, memorial, reputation. Name, reputation, renown, character; especially the Name of the LORD representing His self-revelation, holy presence dwelling at the sanctuary, and locus of worship.

Eleazar

63% Gen 27

Generation 27 • Child of Aaron

( Exodus 6:23 , Numbers 3:2 , Numbers 26:60 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 6:50 , 24:1 , Ezra 7:5 ) Moses , Aaron , and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ).

Gera

62% Gen 26

Generation 26 • Child of Ard (or Addar?)

Gera is a biblical figure in Generation 26, child of Ard (or Addar ?), parent of Abihud . ( 1 Chronicles 8:3 )

Noah

62% Messianic Line

Generation 10 • Messianic Line • Child of Lamech

( Genesis 5:28-29 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) The Flood came when Noah was 600 years old ( Genesis 7:6 ) • ( Genesis 9:29 )

Zerah

62% Gen 24

Generation 24 • Child of Judah

Zerah is a biblical figure in Generation 24, child of Judah . ( Genesis 46:12 , Joshua 7:1 , 7:18 , Matthew 1:3 )

Ehud

61% Gen 32

Generation 32 • Child of Gera

( 1 Chronicles 8:6 ) Son of Gera ( Judges 3:15 ) Ehud was left-handed and used that attribute to enable him to kill Israel 's enemy, Eglon the King of Moab ( Judges 3:15-4 :1). Ehud judged 80 years: 1369-1289 BCE ( Judges 3:30 ).

Enoch

61% Messianic Line

Generation 7 • Messianic Line • Child of Jared

Enoch is a biblical figure in Generation 7 of the Messianic Line , child of Jared , parent of Methuselah . ( Genesis 5:15 , 1 Chronicles 1:3 , Luke 3:37 , Genesis 5:23 )

Zechariah

61% Old Testament

Old Testament • 14 Chapters

Zechariah (Old Testament, 14 chapters). Key figures: Zechariah, Berechiah , Iddo , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Joshua . Key places: Jerusalem , Zion , Babylon , Shinar , Hadrach , Damascus . Opens with: "In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah , the son of Iddo the proph..."

Onan

61% Gen 24

Generation 24 • Child of Judah

( Genesis 38:2-4 , Genesis 46:12 , 1 Chronicles 2:3 , Genesis 38:9-10 ) Onan did what was displeasing in the sight of the Lord, so He took his life. ( Genesis 38:10 )

Bela

61% Gen 24

Generation 24 • Child of Benjamin

Bela is a biblical figure in Generation 24, child of Benjamin , parent of Ezbon , Uzzi , Uzziel , Jerimoth , Iri . ( Genesis 46:21 , Numbers 26:38 , 1 Chronicles 7:6 , 8:1 )

Shuthelah

61% Gen 25

Generation 25 • Child of Ephraim

Shuthelah is a biblical figure in Generation 25, child of Ephraim . ( Numbers 26:35 , 1 Chronicles 7:20 )

Scripture Passages (24)

Jeremiah 41:17 (KJV)

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And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth–lehem, to go to enter into Egypt ,

2 Samuel 19:40 (KJV)

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Then the king went on to Gilgal , and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel .

2 Samuel 19:38 (KJV)

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And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.

2 Samuel 19:37 (KJV)

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Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.

1 Chronicles 23:7 (KJV)

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Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei .

1 Chronicles 6:20 (KJV)

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Of Gershom ; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

Exodus 18:3 (KJV)

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And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom ; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:

1 Chronicles 6:73 (KJV)

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And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:

1 Chronicles 6:17 (KJV)

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And these be the names of the sons of Gershom ; Libni , and Shimei .

1 Chronicles 4:40 (KJV)

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And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

1 Chronicles 6:43 (KJV)

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The son of Jahath , the son of Gershom , the son of Levi .

Genesis 34:8 (KJV)

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And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.

1 Chronicles 6:71 (KJV)

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Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh , Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:

Numbers 33:18 (KJV)

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And they departed from Hazeroth , and pitched in Rithmah .

Jeremiah 13:7 (KJV)

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Then I went to Euphrates , and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

1 Chronicles 23:16 (KJV)

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Of the sons of Gershom , Shebuel was the chief.

Jeremiah 48:23 (KJV)

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And upon Kiriathaim , and upon Beth–gamul, and upon Beth–meon,

Exodus 2:22 (KJV)

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And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom : for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

1 Chronicles 6:42 (KJV)

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The son of Ethan , the son of Zimmah , the son of Shimei ,

Jeremiah 36:17 (KJV)

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And they asked Baruch , saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

Jeremiah 34:13 (KJV)

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Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel ; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt , out of the house of bondmen, saying,

Jeremiah 1:1 (KJV)

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The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah , of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin :

Numbers 3:21 (KJV)

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Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

1 Chronicles 15:7 (KJV)

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Of the sons of Gershom ; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Scripture Passages (24)

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