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BETHLEHEM ;
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 stronghold
- 2Ch 11:6- The city of Joseph
- Mt 2:5,6; Lu 2:4- Birthplace of Jesus
- Mic 5:2; Mt 2; Lu 2:4,15- Herod murders the infants of
- Mt 2:16-182. A town of Zebulun, six miles west of Nazareth - Jos 19:15
- Israel judged at
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