Baharum, Baharumite, Bahurim

A village in the tribal land of Benjamin. It was on the old road connecting Jericho and Jerusalem, east of the Mount of Olives. Bahurim is the modern-day Ras et-Temim. Palti lost his wife, Michal, there at Abner’s command when Michal was being returned to King David (2 Samuel 3:16). At Bahurim, Shimei cursed David and threw stones at him and his servants (2 Samuel 16:5; 19:16; 1 Kings 2:8). Jonathan and Ahimaaz, spying for David, were hidden from Absalom’s soldiers in a well there (2 Samuel 17:18). One of David’s mighty men, Azmaveth, came from Bahurim (2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:33).