Editing Bahurim

[[Image:Bahurim.jpg|thumb|right|[[Shimei]] throwing stones at David outside of Bahurim]]
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'''Bahurim''' (etymology uncertain<ref name=McKenzie>McKenzie, John, ''Dictionary of the Bible'', Simon & Schuster, 1995, p77</ref>) was a village mentioned in the [[Hebrew Bible]] east of [[Jerusalem]], on the road to the [[Jordan Valley (Middle East)|Jordan valley]], close to the [[Mount of Olives]].

==Biblical references==
Bahurim is the place where [[Palti, son of Laish]] turned back as he cried after his wife, [[Michal]], when she was brought back to her first husband, [[King David]].

It is also mentioned during David's flight from [[Absalom]]:

:When King David came to Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of [[Saul the King|Saul]] whose name was [[Shimei ben Gera|Shimei]], the son of [[Gera]]; and as he came he cursed continually. And he threw 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. And Shimei said as he cursed, "Begone, begone, you man of blood, you worthless fellow! The Lord has avenged upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and The Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son [[Absalom]]. See, your ruin is on you; for you are a man of blood." -- ({{bibleverse|2 Samuel|16:5-8|RSV}} RSV)

Here also the [[Cohanim]] Jonathan and [[Ahimaaz]] hid themselves ({{bibleverse|2 Samuel|17:18|KJV}}).

[[Azmaveth]], one of David's heroes, is also mentioned as a native of Bahurim ({{bibleverse|2 Samuel|23:31|KJV}}; {{bibleverse|1 Chronicles|11:33|KJV}}).

==Identification==
A Jewish tradition in the [[Targum]] identifies Bahurim with [[List of minor biblical places#Almon|''Almon'']] ({{bibleverse||Joshua|21:18|NKJV}}), later called ''Almît'', about 4 miles N.E. of Jerusalem, and a mile beyond Anathoth (Anâta).<ref>Kirkpatrick, Alexander (1884). ''The Second Book of Samuel.'' Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges, [https://books.google.com/books?id=lm1QAQAAMAAJ&q=Bahurim&pg=PA249 p. 70].</ref> It has also been identified with ''Râs et-Tumein'', north-east of the Mount of Olives.<ref name=McKenzie /> ''Râs et-Tumein'' is located at 1744.1333 ([[Palestine grid]] coordinates).<ref name=Zwickel>[[:de:Wolfgang Zwickel]], ''Bahurim und Nob'', [[:de:Biblische Notizen. Neue Folge|de:Biblische Notizen]], Vol. 61, 1992, p84-93</ref> However, it seems to be more likely that Bahurim was located at a place known as ''Barruka'', located at 1750.1318 ([[Palestine grid]] coordinates) which disengages Ras et Tmim for the identification with [[Nob, Israel|Nob]].<ref name=Zwickel />

French [[archaeologist]] and [[Historical geography|historical geographer]], [[Victor Guérin]], identified the site Bahurim with [[Abu Dis]], a village 3&nbsp;km, south-east of Jerusalem, before the suburbs of Jerusalem began to expand.<ref name="Amar2004">{{cite book|last1=Amar|first1=Z.|author-link1=Zohar Amar|last2=Serri|first2=Yaron|year=2004|title=The Land of Israel and Syria as Described by al-Tamimi – Jerusalem Physician of the 10th Century|publisher=Bar-Ilan University|location=Ramat-Gan|pages=79–80 (note 262)|language=he|isbn=965-226-252-8 |oclc=607157392}}, citing [[Victor Guérin]]'s ''Description géographique, historique et archéologique de la Palestine'', vol. 4, pp. 106–108, published in French in 1868. The village Abu Dis is also mentioned in the chronicles of the Judean desert monks from the 6th-century of the [[Common era]].</ref> The village, he argues, underwent a metamorphosis in name change; the name evolving from ''Būrīs'', or ''Wadīs'' by another account, to what it is today. According to [[Zohar Amar]], the name can be traced back, etymologically, to its earlier [[Greek language|Greek]] pronunciation ''Baoureis'' (''Baoureim'') (with the absence of the [[voiceless pharyngeal fricative]] "chet", which has a slight aspirated sound in Hebrew, but does not exist in Greek pronunciation).<ref name="Amar2004"/>

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