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Beth-lehem

Town or city mentioned in 52 verses of the Bible, most often in 1 Samuel.

31.704° N, 35.208° EConfident identification14 books

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Journeys through Beth-lehem

Jesus’ birth and childhood (c. 6–4 BC and after)
The remnant flees to Egypt (c. 582 BC)

Where it appears

1 Samuel (8), Judges (7), Ruth (7), 1 Chronicles (7), 2 Samuel (6), Matthew (6), Luke (3), Genesis (2), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1), Jeremiah (1) and 2 more

Key verses

Genesis 35:19 first mention — And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.
Judges 19:1 — And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.
Ruth 1:1 — Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
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 Beth-lehem:
1 Samuel 16:1 — And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
Micah 5:2 — But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Matthew 2:1 — Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
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.
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.
Luke 2:4 — And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
Luke 2:11 — For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
John 7:42 — Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

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