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Bethlehem

Town · today Beit Lahm

Location likely Beit Lahm: about 110 km (65 miles) north of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Beit Lahm Likely
  • Bethlehem Possible

Bethlehem in the Bible Dictionary · Another Bethlehem (town · Genesis 35:19) · Another Bethlehem (town · Joshua 19:15)

Named in 2 Verses

  • Judges 12:8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
  • Judges 12:10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.

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