Difference between revisions of "Bahurim"

<p> &nbsp;Bahurim (&nbsp;ba-hû'rim), &nbsp;young men. A town of Benjamin, near Jerusalem, on the road to the Jordan. It is several times mentioned in the history of David. &nbsp;2 Samuel 3:16; &nbsp;2 Samuel 16:5; &nbsp;2 Samuel 17:18. </p>

<p> &nbsp;Bahu'rim. &nbsp;(low ground). A village, &nbsp;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. </p>

<p> (Heb. Bachurim', &nbsp;בִּחֻרים, or [in &nbsp;2 Samuel 3:16; &nbsp;2 Samuel 19:17] &nbsp;בִּחוּרַים, &nbsp;low grounds, otherwise &nbsp;young men's village; Sept. &nbsp;Βαουρίμ, but &nbsp;Βαχουρίμ [v. r. &nbsp;Βαρακίμ ] in &nbsp;2 Samuel 3:16; [[Josephus]] &nbsp;Βαχουρής, Ant. 7:9, 7, ed. Havercamp; for other var. readings, see Reland, &nbsp;Palaest. p. 614), a place not far from Jerusalem, of which the slight notices remaining connect it almost exclusively with the flight of David (q.v.) from his son Absalom (q.v.). It was apparently on or close to the road leading up from the Jordan valley to Jerusalem. Shimei, the son of Gera, resided here (&nbsp;2 Samuel 17:18; &nbsp;1 Kings 2:8), and from the village, when David, having left the "top of the mount" behind him, was making his way down the eastern slopes of Olivet into the Jordan valley below. Shimei issued forth, and running along (Josephus &nbsp;διατρεχων ) on the side or "rib" of the hill over against the king's party, flung his stones and dust, and foul abuse (16:5), with a virulence which is to this day exhibited in the East toward fallen greatness, however eminent it may previously have been. Here in the court of a house was the well in which Jonathan and Ahimaaz eluded their pursuers (17:18). In his account of the occurrence, Josephus (&nbsp;Ant. 7:9, 7) distinctly states that Bahurim lay off the main road (&nbsp;παῖδες &nbsp;ἐκτραπέντες &nbsp;τῆς &nbsp;ὁδοῦ )&nbsp;, which agrees well with the account of Shimei's behavior. Here Phaltiel, the husband of Michal, bade farewell to his wife on her return to king David at [[Hebron]] (&nbsp;2 Samuel 3:16). Bahurim must have been near the southern boundary of Benjamin; but it is not mentioned in the lists in Joshua, nor is any explanation given of its being Benjamite, as, from Shimei's residing there, we may conclude it was. In the [[Targum]] Jonathan on &nbsp;2 Samuel 16:5, we find it given as [[Almon]] (&nbsp;עִלְמֹן ); but the situation of Almon (see &nbsp;Joshua 21:18) will not at all suit the requirements of Bahurim. Dr. Barclay conjectures that the place lay where some ruins (apparently those called Kubbeh on [[Van]] de Velde's Map, near the remains of Deir es-Sid, as in Robinson's Researches, 2:109) still exist close to a [[Wady]] Ruwaby, which runs in a straight course for three miles from Olivet toward Jordan, offering the nearest, though not the best route (City of the Great King, p. 563). AZMAVETH "the Barhumite" (&nbsp;2 Samuel 23:31), or "the Baharumite" (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 11:33), one of the heroes of David's guard, is the only native of Bahurim that we hear of except Shimei. &nbsp;— Smith, s.v. </p>

<p> '''''ba''''' -'''''hū´rim''''' &nbsp; בּחרים , <i> '''''baḥurı̄m''''' </i> ; &nbsp;Βαουρείμ , <i> '''''Baoureı́m''''' </i> 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 16:5ff). It ran over the Mount of [[Olives]] and down the slopes to the East. The [[Talmud]] identifies it with Alemath, the modern <i> '''''Almı̄t''''' </i> , about a mile beyond <i> '''''‛Anātā''''' </i> , going from Jerusalem. If this identification is correct, <i> '''''Wādy Fārah''''' </i> may be the brook of water (&nbsp;2 Samuel 17:20 ). Here [[Paltiel]] was parted from his wife Miehal by [[Abner]] (&nbsp;2 Samuel 3:16 ). It was the home of Shimei, who ran along a ridge of the hill cursing and throwing stones at the fugitive king (&nbsp;2 Samuel 16:5; &nbsp;1 Kings 2:8 ). In Bahurim Jonathan and Ahimaaz, the messengers of David, were concealed in a well by a loyal woman (&nbsp;2 Samuel 17:18 ). Azmaveth, one of David's heroes, was a native of Bahurim. In &nbsp;2 Samuel 23:31 we should read, as in &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 11:33 , Barahumite. </p>