Bethlehem
This map shows the city of Bethlehem where Jesus was born
in a manger. The reason it is important that Jesus was born
in Bethlehem is because in Micah 5:2 it was prophesied that
the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. It`s also important
to know that Bethlehem was also the birthplace of King
David. And it was prophesied that the Messiah would ...
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BETH`LE-HEM (house of bread), i. A town of Israel six
miles south of Jerusalem. Early called Ephrath and Ephrata,
Gen. 35:16-19, Josh. 15:59. Both Ephrata and Bethlehem in
Ruth and Samuel. Bethlehem-Judah in Josh, 17:7. The
birthplace of David and Christ, Matt 2:1-5 ; Luke 2:4. ii,
A town in Zebulon, Josh, 19:15....
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And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them
into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go
even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass,
which the Lord hath made known unto us....
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beth'-le-hem (bethlechem; Baithleem, or Bethleem, "house of
David," or possibly "the house of Lakhmu," an Assyrian
deity):
I. Bethlehem Judah:
Bethlehem Judah, or EPHRATH or EPHRATHAH (which see) is now
Beit Lahm (Arabic = "house of meat"), a town of upward of
10,000 inhabitants, 5 miles South of Jerusalem and 2,350 ft.
above sea level. It occ...
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1. A city southwest of Jerusalem
Jud 17:7; 19:18
Called EPHRATAH and EPHRATH
Ge 48:7; Ps 132:6; Mic 5:2
And BETH-LEHEM-JUDAH
Jud 17:7-9; 19:1,18; Ru 1:1; 1Sa 17:12
Rachel dies and is buried at
Ge 35:16,19; 48:7
The city of Boaz
Ru 1:1,19; 2:4; 4
Taken and held by the Philistines
2Sa 23:14-16
Jeroboam converts it into a military strongho...
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(house of bread).
1. One of the oldest towns in Israel, already in
existence at the time of Jacob's return to the country. Its
earliest name was EPHRATH or EPHRATAH. See
Ge 35:16,19; 48:7 After the conquest Bethlehem
appears under its own name, BETHLEHEM-JUDAH. Jud 17:7; 1Sa
17:12; Ru 1:1,2 The book of Ruth is a page from the domestic
histor...
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house of bread. (1.) A city in the "hill country" of Judah.
It
was originally called Ephrath (Gen. 35:16, 19; 48:7;
Ruth 4:11).
It was also called Beth-lehem Ephratah (Micah 5:2),
Beth-lehem-judah (1 Sam. 17:12), and "the city of
David" (Luke
2:4). It is first noticed in Scripture as the place
where Rachel
died and was buried "by the waysi...
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("house of bread"), i.e. in a fertile region. Two hours
journey, in a southward or rather southwesterly direction
from Jerusalem, by the Jaffa gate. Existing at the time of
Jacob's return to Israel; originally called Ephrath or
Ephrath, i.e. fruitful (Genesis 35:16; Genesis 35:19;
Genesis 48:7; Psalm 132:6). Hur and Salma, Hur's son, both
hav...
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And all the people that [were] in the gate, and the elders,
said, [We are] witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come
into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did
build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah,
and be famous in Bethlehem:...
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