Lexicon :: Strong's H1035 - bêṯ leḥem

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

“When I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way, some distance from Ephrath in the land of Canaan. I buried her there along the way to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).

along with Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem ​— ​twelve cities, with their settlements.

Ibzan, who was from Bethlehem, judged Israel after Jephthah

and when he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.

There was a young man, a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who was staying within the clan of Judah.

In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite staying in a remote part of the hill country of Ephraim acquired a woman from Bethlehem in Judah as his concubine.

He answered him, “We’re traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I’m going to the house of the LORD.[fn] No one has taken me into his home,

During the time[fn] of the judges, there was a famine in the land. A man left Bethlehem in Judah with his wife and two sons to stay in the territory of Moab for a while.

The two of them traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was excited about their arrival[fn] and the local women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi? ”

So Naomi came back from the territory of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.

Later, when Boaz arrived from Bethlehem, he said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.”

“The LORD bless you,” they replied.

All the people who were at the city gate, including the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is entering your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built the house of Israel. May you be powerful in Ephrathah and your name well known in Bethlehem.

Samuel did what the LORD directed and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled[fn] and asked, “Do[fn] you come in peace? ”

Now David was the son of the Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah named Jesse. Jesse had eight sons and during Saul’s reign was already an old man.

but David kept going back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s flock in Bethlehem.

“If your father misses me at all, say, ‘David urgently requested my permission to go quickly to his hometown, Bethlehem, for an annual sacrifice there involving the whole clan.’

Jonathan answered, “David asked for my permission to go to Bethlehem.

Afterward, they carried Asahel to his father’s tomb in Bethlehem and buried him. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at dawn.

At that time David was in the stronghold, and a Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

Among the Thirty were

Joab’s brother Asahel,

Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

Salma fathered Bethlehem,

and Hareph fathered Beth-gader.

Salma’s descendants: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites,

Penuel fathered Gedor, and Ezer fathered Hushah.

These were the sons of Hur, Ephrathah’s firstborn and the father of Bethlehem:

At that time David was in the stronghold, and a Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

The best soldiers were

Joab’s brother Asahel,

Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

They left, stopping in Geruth Chimham, which is near Bethlehem, in order to make their way into Egypt,

Bethlehem Ephrathah,

you are small among the clans of Judah;

one will come from you

to be ruler over Israel for me.

His origin[fn] is from antiquity,

from ancient times.