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5 miles south of
Jerusalem, nestled in the Judean Hills.
Town where Jesus
was born, also King David's birthplace.
Under Palestinian
Authority since 1995.
Bethlehem bears
the modern name of Beit-Lahm,
Elevation of
2,550 feet above the sea, 100 feet higher than
Jerusalem.
There is a church
still existing, built by Constantine the Great A.D.
330,
"Church of the
Nativity," over a grotto called the "holy crypt,"
said
to be where Jesus was born.
Perhaps the oldest
existing Christian church in the world.
A city southwest
of Jerusalem {Judg. 17:7; 19:18}
Called Ephratah
and Ephratahh {Gen.
48:7; Ps. 132:6; Mic. 5:2}
And Beth-Lehem-Judah {Judg. 17:7-9; 19:1, 18; Ruth 1:1; 1 Sam.
17:12}
Rachel dies and is buried at {Gen. 35:16, 19; 48:7}
The city of Boaz {Ruth 1:1, 19; 2:4; 4}
Taken and held by the Philistines {2 Sam. 23:14-16}
Jeroboam converts it into a military stronghold {2 Chr. 11:6}
The city of Joseph {Mt. 2:5,6; Lk. 2:4}
Birthplace of Jesus {Mt. 2; Lk. 2:4, 15}
Herod murders the infants of {Mt. 2:16-18}
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