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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Bethlehem: Bethlehem, called Bethlehem Judah ( Jdg 17:7), to distinguish it from another Bethlehem in Zebulun ( Jos 19:15), and also Ephratah (i.e., fruitful), and by the Arabs, Bait-el-lahm, is situated on a rising ground on the southern side of a deep and extensive valley, and reclining from e to w not quite six miles s of Jerusalem. Gen 35:19; Sa1 17:12; Mat 2:5, Mat 2:6 Etam: Jdg 15:8; Ch1 4:32 Tekoa: Ch2 20:20; Sa2 14:2; Neh 3:5, Neh 3:27; Jer 6:1; Amo 1:1 2 Chronicles 11:7
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