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And as for me, when I was coming from Padan-aram, Rachel died at my side in the land of Canaan on the way, within the distance of three or four miles from the entrance to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the road to Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.

And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

Now there was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, whose name was Levi, and he sojourned there.

And Samuel did as the LORD had commanded him, and came to Bethlehem of Judah. And the elders of the town went out to meet him, and said, Is your coming peaceable?

And David was then staying in the stronghold, and the princes of the Philistines were encamped in Bethlehem.

Samla, who was born in Bethlehem; and Abi, who was born in Gader.

And David dwelt then in the tent, and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem.

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me a drink of water from the great cistern of Bethlehem that is at the gate of the city!

And as soon as three men heard it, they broke through the camp of the Philistines, and went and drew water out of the cistern of Bethlehem that was by the gate of the city, and took it and brought it to David; but David would not drink of it, but poured it out in the presence of the LORD,

Also the valiant men of the army were: Ashail the brother of Joab, Elhanan his uncles son of Bethlehem,

The people of Bethlehem, one hundred and twenty-three.

The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred and eighty-eight?

And they departed and dwelt at the threshing floors of Bimham, which is by the side of Bethlehem, to go into Egypt

And you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you are little among the thousands of towns of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth a ruler to govern Israel; whose goings forth have been predicted from of old, from eternity.

WHEN Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judah, in the days of Herod the king, there came Magi from the East to Jerusalem.

They said, In Bethlehem of Judah, for thus it is written in the book of the prophet:

Even you, Bethlehem of Judah, you are not insignificant in the eyes of the kings of Judah, for from you shall come out a king, who will shepherd my people Israel.

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said to them, Go and enquire very carefully concerning the boy, and when you have found him, come back and let me know, so that I also may go and worship him.

When Herod saw that he was insulted by the Magi, he was greatly enraged, so he sent forth and had all the infant boys in Bethlehem and in its suburbs killed, from two years old and down, according to the time that he had enquired from the Magi.

Joseph also went up from Nazareth, a city of Galilee, to Judaea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; because he was of the house and family of David;