chimham

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chimham - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Chimham
  pining, probably the youngest son of Barzillai the Gileadite (2
  Sam. 19:37-40). The "habitation of Chimham" (Jer. 41:17) was
  probably an inn or khan, which is the proper meaning of the
  Hebrew _geruth_, rendered "habitation", established in later
  times in his possession at Bethlehem, which David gave to him as
  a reward for his loyalty in accompanying him to Jerusalem after
  the defeat of Absalom (1 Kings 2:7). It has been supposed that,
  considering the stationary character of Eastern institutions, it
  was in the stable of this inn or caravanserai that our Saviour
  was born (Luke 2:7).