Ephrathah אֶפְרָ֫תָה

Ephrathah (through her son Hur or grandon Salma) was the founder of Bethlehem.

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Also called Ephratah, Ephrath, Ephrathite.

Family

In the genealogy of Jesus

Where Ephrathah appears

1 Chronicles (4), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (1)

Key verses

• Ruth 1:2 first mention — And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
• 1 Samuel 17:12 — Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
• 1 Chronicles 2:19 — And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
• 1 Chronicles 2:24 — And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
• 1 Chronicles 2:50 — These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,
• 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 Beth-lehem.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.