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Geruth Chimham is a stretch of open country in the Bible, about 8 km (5 miles) south of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 1 verse, Jeremiah 41:17.
Pining, probably the youngest son of Barzillai the Gileadite (2 Sam. 19:37-40). The “habitation of Chimham” (Jer. 41:17) was probably an inn or khan, which is the proper meaning of the Hebrew geruth, rendered “habitation”, established in later times in his possession at Bethlehem, which David gave to him as a reward for his loyalty in accompanying him to Jerusalem after the defeat of Absalom (1 Kings 2:7). It has been supposed that, considering the stationary character of Eastern institutions, it was in the stable of this inn or caravanserai that our Saviour was born (Luke 2:7).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Geruth Chimham is a stretch of open country about 8 km (5 miles) south of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.
The King James Version names Geruth Chimham in 1 verse, in 1 book.