Bethlehem 1
settlement
Where it is
Bethlehem — 31.7043, 35.2076. No rival identification is recorded.
Where Scripture names it
52 verses in 14 books.
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Jeremiah
Micah
John
Where this atlas draws it
10 pins across 10 chapters — this atlas’s own editorial choice, not a claim about the text.
- Bethlehemmatched decided — Mic 5:2, "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel - One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity." This is the only chapter in the book that names Bethlehem, and it is the chapter's whole hinge (he
- Bethlehem / Ephrathmatched by the verses it appears in
- Bethlehem of Judahmatched by the verses it appears in