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Bahurim

Town or city mentioned in 7 verses of the Bible, most often in 2 Samuel.

31.791° N, 35.257° ELocation uncertain3 books

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Journeys through Bahurim

The road to Jerusalem (c. AD 29–30)

Where it appears

2 Samuel (5), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1)

Key verses

2 Samuel 3:16 first mention — And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
2 Samuel 16:5 — And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
2 Samuel 17:18 — Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.
2 Samuel 19:16 — And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
2 Samuel 23:31 — Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
1 Kings 2:8 — And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
1 Chronicles 11:33 — Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

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Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. OpenBible.info rates this identification as uncertain; scholars propose other sites. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.