Bible Person
Meaning: as they; like to them · Male · 4 cross references
Chimham is the younger man commended by Barzillai to David's kindness and later remembered in connection with lodging near Bethlehem. He is a small but telling example of loyalty extending from one generation to the next. First appears in 2 Sam 19:37.1
AI summary: Chimham matters because the cross references present him as the beneficiary of Barzillai's covenant loyalty to David. His place beside the king symbolizes how remembered kindness can become intergenerational favor, and the later geographical memory in Jeremiah suggests that the name endured. He is not a major actor, but he stands within a noble inheritance of loyalty. Taken together, the material presents Chimham as the younger recipient of David's pledged kindness through Barzillai's faithfulness.1
Central Figure
Chimham
Meaning: as they; like to them
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.