Biblical place
Where was Bethlehem?
Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Beit Lahm.
First appears in Judges 12:8 · 1 books · 1 chapters
Overview
House of bread. (1. ) A city in the “hill country” of Judah. It was originally called Ephrath (Gen. 35:16, 19; 48:7; Ruth 4:11). It was also called Beth-lehem Ephratah (Micah 5:2), Beth-lehem-judah. Modern identification: Beit Lahm.
Bethlehem is represented in the local geography layer as Beit Lahm. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Judges 12:8 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.
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Where it sits on the map
How to get to Bethlehem today
Travel to Bethlehem, the modern-day Beit Lahm.
Bethlehem is commonly identified with Beit Lahm, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.
Bethlehem is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.
This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.
Key passages
Appears in
1 chapter · 2 verse mentions