Commentary for Jeremiah 41:17
וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ בְּגֵר֣וּת כמוהם [כִּמְהָ֔ם] אֲשֶׁר־אֵ֖צֶל בֵּ֣ית לָ֑חֶם לָלֶ֖כֶת לָב֥וֹא מִצְרָֽיִם׃
and they departed, and dwelt in Geruth Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
Rashi on Jeremiah
in Geruth Chimham In the sojourning place that David gave to Chimham the son of Barzilai the Gileadite when he returned from the war of Absalom, as it is stated in the Book of Samuel (II 19: 39): “Chimham shall go over with me.”
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