Nave’s Topical Bible
Bethlehem
24 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- A city southwest of Jerusalem
- Called EPHRATAH and EPHRATH
- And BETH-LEHEM-JUDAH
- Rachel dies and is buried at
- The city of Boaz
- Taken and held by the Philistines
- Jeroboam converts it into a military stronghold
- The city of Joseph
- Birthplace of Jesus
- Herod murders the infants of
- A town of Zebulun, six miles west of Nazareth
- Israel judged at
Bible verses about “Bethlehem”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Judges 17:7And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
- Judges 19:18And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth–lehem–judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth–lehem–judah, but I am now going to the house of the Lord; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.
- Genesis 48:7And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth–lehem.
- Psalms 132:6Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
- Micah 5:2But 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.
- Judges 17:8And the man departed out of the city from Beth–lehem–judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
- Judges 17:9And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth–lehem–judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
- Judges 19:1And 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 1:1Now 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.
- 1 Samuel 17:12Now 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.
- Genesis 35:16And they journeyed from Beth–el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
- Genesis 35:19And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth–lehem.
- Ruth 1:19So they two went until they came to Beth–lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth–lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
- Ruth 2:4And, behold, Boaz came from Beth–lehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless thee.
- 2 Samuel 23:14And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth–lehem.
- 2 Samuel 23:15And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth–lehem, which is by the gate!
- 2 Samuel 23:16And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth–lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 11:6He built even Beth–lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
- Matthew 2:5And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
- Matthew 2:6And 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.
- Luke 2:4And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
- Luke 2:15And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
- Matthew 2:16Then 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.
- Matthew 2:17Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
- Matthew 2:18In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
- Joshua 19:15And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth–lehem: twelve cities with their villages.
- Judges 12:10Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth–lehem.