Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 41:17

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 41:17 - 41:17

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 41:17 - 41:17

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41:1 - 41:1
41:2 - 41:2
41:3 - 41:3
41:4 - 41:4
41:5 - 41:5
41:6 - 41:6
41:7 - 41:7
41:8 - 41:8
41:9 - 41:9
41:10 - 41:10
41:11 - 41:11
41:12 - 41:12
41:13 - 41:13
41:14 - 41:14
41:16 - 41:16
41:17 - 41:17
41:18 - 41:18

dwelt - for a time, until they were ready for their journey to Egypt (Jer 42:1-22).

habitation to Chimham - his “caravanserai” close by Beth-lehem. David, in reward for Barzillai’s loyalty, took Chimham his son under his patronage, and made over to him his own patrimony in the land of Beth-lehem. It was thence called the habitation of Chimham (Geruth-Chimham), though it reverted to David’s heirs in the year of jubilee. “Caravanserais” (a compound Persian word, meaning “the house of a company of travelers”) differ from our inns, in that there is no host to supply food, but each traveler must carry with him his own.