Bahurim
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Named at 2 Samuel 3:16: “Her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, ‘Go! Return!’ and he returned.” At 3:14–15 David sends messengers, saying, “Deliver me my wife Michal”, and Ishbosheth sends and takes her from her husband, Paltiel the son of Laish. 2 Samuel 16:5 says that when King David came to Bahurim, a man of the family of Saul’s house came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera, and cursed as he came; and 17:17–20 that Jonathan and Ahimaaz came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, and went down there, that the woman spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and that Absalom’s servants sought and could not find them.
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- 2SA 3:12–16, engwebp
12Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, “Whose is the land?” and saying, “Make your alliance with me, and behold, my hand will be with you to bring all Israel around to you.”
13David said, “Good. I will make a treaty with you, but one thing I require of you. That is, you will not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see my face.”
14David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I was given to marry for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”
15Ishbosheth sent and took her from her husband, Paltiel the son of Laish.
16Her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go! Return!” and he returned.
- 2SA 16:5–14, engwebp
5When King David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of Saul’s house came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out and cursed as he came.
6He cast stones at David and at all the servants of King David, and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
7Shimei said when he cursed, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and wicked fellow!
8The LORD has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you have reigned! The LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son! Behold, you are caught by your own mischief, because you are a man of blood!”
9Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head.”
10The king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because the LORD has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”
11David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my son, who came out of my bowels, seeks my life. How much more this Benjamite, now? Leave him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD has invited him.
12It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that the LORD will repay me good for the cursing of me today.”
13So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went, threw stones at him, and threw dust.
14The king and all the people who were with him arrived weary; and he refreshed himself there.
- 2SA 17:15–22, engwebp
15Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counseled this way.
16Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, ‘Don’t lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.’”
17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used to go and report to them, and they went and told King David; for they couldn’t risk being seen coming into the city.
18But a boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
19The woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread out crushed grain on it; and nothing was known.
20Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook of water.” When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21After they had departed, they came up out of the well and went and told King David; and they said to David, “Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.”
22Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan.
- 2SA 19:16–23, engwebp
16Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.
17There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of Saul’s house, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king.
18A ferry boat went to bring over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king when he had come over the Jordan.
19He said to the king, “Don’t let my lord impute iniquity to me, or remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
20For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore behold, I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.”
21But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”
22David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be adversaries to me today? Shall any man be put to death today in Israel? For don’t I know that I am king over Israel today?”
23The king said to Shimei, “You will not die.” The king swore to him.
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Geographic sources & candidates
Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Bahurim” by name and 4 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Ras Tumeim (confidence 475 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event. 1 other identification is listed too.
AI-assisted source review; human approval pending, 2026-09-29
- Ras Tumeim
OpenBible.info confidence 475 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.7912, 35.25694
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Bahurim” (CC BY 4.0) - Khirbet Buqei Dan
OpenBible.info confidence 132 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.79154, 35.2645
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Bahurim” (CC BY 4.0)
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Narrated location (3) — David requires Michal, and Ishbosheth takes her from her husband Paltiel, Shimei the son of Gera comes out at Bahurim, curses David, and casts stones at him, Jonathan and Ahimaaz tell King David, and David and all the people pass over the Jordan
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Her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go! Return!” and he returned.
When King David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of Saul’s house came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out and cursed as he came.
But a boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Bahurim (place-bahurim) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/bahurim Current wording: Named at 2 Samuel 3:16: “Her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, ‘Go! Return!’ and he returned.” At 3:14–15 David sends messengers, saying, “Deliver me my wife Michal”, and Ishbosheth sends and takes her from her husband, Paltiel the son of Laish. 2 Samuel 16:5 says that when King David came to Bahurim, a man of the family of Saul’s house came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera, and cursed as he came; and 17:17–20 that Jonathan and Ahimaaz came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, and went down there, that the woman spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and that Absalom’s servants sought and could not find them. Cited evidence: 2SA 3:12–16, engwebp / 2SA 16:5–14, engwebp / 2SA 17:15–22, engwebp / 2SA 19:16–23, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.