17And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, which is beside Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt 18because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, since Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.

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American Standard Version
and they departed, and dwelt in Geruth Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they departed, and sat as sojourners in Chamaam, which is near Bethlehem: in order to go forward, and enter into Egypt,

Darby Bible Translation
and they departed, and dwelt at Geruth-Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

English Revised Version
and they departed, and dwelt in Geruth Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

Webster's Bible Translation
And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

World English Bible
and they departed, and lived in Geruth Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

Young's Literal Translation
and they go and abide in the habitations of Chimham, that are near Beth-Lehem, to go to enter Egypt,Barzillai
BY REV. GEORGE MILLIGAN, M.A., D.D. "There is nothing," says Socrates to Cephalus in the Republic, "I like better than conversing with aged men. For I regard them as travellers who have gone a journey which I too may have to go, and of whom it is right to learn the character of the way, whether it is rugged or difficult, or smooth and easy" (p. 328 E.). It is to such an aged traveller that we are introduced in the person of Barzillai the Gileadite. And though he is one of the lesser-known characters …
George Milligan—Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known

Jeremiah
The interest of the book of Jeremiah is unique. On the one hand, it is our most reliable and elaborate source for the long period of history which it covers; on the other, it presents us with prophecy in its most intensely human phase, manifesting itself through a strangely attractive personality that was subject to like doubts and passions with ourselves. At his call, in 626 B.C., he was young and inexperienced, i. 6, so that he cannot have been born earlier than 650. The political and religious …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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