Bethlehem Ephrathah

The ancient name of Bethlehem in Judah (Gen. 35:16, 19; 48:7). In Ruth 1:2 it is called “Bethlehem-Judah,” but the inhabitants are called “Ephrathites;” in Micah 5:2, “Bethlehem-Ephratah;” in Matt. 2:6, “Bethlehem in the land of Judah.” In Ps. 132:6 it is mentioned as the place where David spent his youth, and where he heard much of the ark, although he never saw it till he found it long afterwards at Kirjath-jearim; i.e., the “city of the wood,” or the “forest-town” (1 Sam. 7:1; comp. 2 Sam. 6:3, 4).

Recorded scripture occurrences (1)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: MIC 5:2

OET-RV MIC 5:2

2 But you, Beyt -Lehem (Bethlehem) Efratah,
⇔ even though you’re insignificant among Yehudah’s (Judah) clans,
⇔ out of you, one will come to me to rule in Yisrael (Israel),
⇔ whose beginning is from ancient times—
⇔ ≈ from everlasting.

OET-LV MIC 5:1

5  And_you(ms) Oh _Bēyt- leḩem ʼEfrātāh are_insignificant to_be among_the _families _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) from_you to_me someone _will _go _out to_be ruler over_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_origins _of_his from_east from_days _of antiquity.

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