Bethlehem

Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).

As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).”

After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.

So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. When they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was excited about them, and they asked, “Is this Naomi?”

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “The LORD be with you.” They answered him, “The LORD bless you.”

All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.

Samuel did that which the LORD spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?”

Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

If your father miss me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’

Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem.

They took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. Joab and his men went all night, and the day broke on them at Hebron.

David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

David longed, and said, “Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”

The three mighty men broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but he would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD.

Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

David longed, and said, “Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”

The three broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD,

Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

The children of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty-three.

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

and they departed, and lived in Geruth Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,