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Bethlehem Scripture - Matthew 2:6

And thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel....

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Bethlehem Scripture - Ruth 4:11

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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Bethlehem in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

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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Bethlehem Scripture - 1 Chronicles 4:4

And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These [are] the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem....

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Bethlehem in Naves Topical Bible

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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Bethlehem Scripture - Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men....

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Bethlehem Scripture - 1 Chronicles 2:51

Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader....

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Bethlehem in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(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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