- 1. A city southwest of JerusalemJdg 17:7Jdg 19:18
- Called EPHRATAH and EPHRATHGen 48:7Psa 132:6Mic 5:2
- And BETH-LEHEM-JUDAHJdg 17:7–9Jdg 19:1Jdg 19:18Rut 1:11Sa 17:12
- Rachel dies and is buried atGen 35:16Gen 35:19Gen 48:7
- The city of BoazRut 1:1Rut 1:19Rut 2:4Rut 4
- Taken and held by the Philistines2Sa 23:14–16
- Jeroboam converts it into a military stronghold2Ch 11:6
- The city of JosephMat 2:5Mat 2:6Luk 2:4
- Birthplace of JesusMic 5:2Mat 2Luk 2:4Luk 2:15
- Herod murders the infants ofMat 2:16–18
- 2. A town of Zebulun, six miles west of NazarethJos 19:15
- Israel judged atJdg 12:10
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