2 Samuel 19:40

19:40 When the king crossed over to Gilgal, Kimham ¹  crossed over with him. Now all the soldiers ²  of Judah along with half of the soldiers of Israel had helped the king cross over. ³ 

2 Samuel 19:1

19:1 (19:2) Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”

2 Samuel 2:7

2:7 Now be courageous ⁴  and prove to be valiant warriors, for your lord Saul is dead. The people of Judah have anointed me as king over them.”

Jeremiah 41:17

41:17 They set out to go to Egypt to get away from the Babylonians, ⁵  but stopped at Geruth Kimham ⁶  near Bethlehem. ⁷ 

[19:40]  ¹ tn The MT in this instance alone spells the name with final ן (nun, “Kimhan”) rather than as elsewhere with final ם (mem, “Kimham”). As in most other translations, the conventional spelling (with ם) has been used here to avoid confusion.

[19:40]  ² tn Heb “people.”

[19:40]  ³ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading the Hiphil verb הֶעֱבִירוּ (he’eviru, “they caused to pass over”) rather than the Qal verb וַיְעֱבִרוּ (vay’ÿviru, “they crossed over”) of the MT.

[2:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “let your hands be strong.”

[41:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.

[41:17]  ⁶ 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.

[41:17]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.