# בֵּית לֶחֶם (beytlechem)

Israeli respelling: beyt-le-chem. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H1035. 39 Old Testament occurrences.

Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine

King James renderings: Bethlehem.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/beytlechem-h1035

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 35:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/35/19) — And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
- [Genesis 48:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/48/7) — And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto…
- [Joshua 19:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/19/15) — And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
- [Judges 12:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/12/8) — And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
- [Judges 12:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/12/10) — Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.
- [Judges 17:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/17/7) — And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
- [Judges 17:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/17/8) — And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house…
- [Judges 17:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/17/9) — And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a…
- [Judges 19:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/19/1) — And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephrai…
- [Judges 19:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/19/2) — And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole…
- [Judges 19:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/19/18) — And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah,…
- [Ruth 1:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/1/1) — Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to soj…
- [Ruth 1:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/1/2) — And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth…
- [Ruth 1:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/1/19) — So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about the…
- [Ruth 1:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/1/22) — So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethl…
- [Ruth 2:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/2/4) — And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
- [Ruth 4:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/4/11) — And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house lik…
- [1 Samuel 16:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/16/4) — And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou p…
- [1 Samuel 17:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/12) — Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an…
- [1 Samuel 17:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/15) — But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
- [1 Samuel 20:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/20/6) — If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sa…
- [1 Samuel 20:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/20/28) — And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:
- [2 Samuel 2:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/2/32) — And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and th…
- [2 Samuel 23:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/23/14) — And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
- [2 Samuel 23:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/23/15) — And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
- [2 Samuel 23:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/23/16) — And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and…
- [2 Samuel 23:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/23/24) — Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
- [1 Chronicles 2:51](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/2/51) — Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.
- [1 Chronicles 2:54](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/2/54) — The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
- [1 Chronicles 4:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/4/4) — And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehe…
- [1 Chronicles 11:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/11/16) — And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was then at Bethlehem.
- [1 Chronicles 11:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/11/17) — And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!
- [1 Chronicles 11:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/11/18) — And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, an…
- [1 Chronicles 11:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/11/26) — Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
- [2 Chronicles 11:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/11/6) — He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
- [Ezra 2:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/2/21) — The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.
- [Nehemiah 7:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/7/26) — The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.
- [Jeremiah 41:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/41/17) — And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
- [Micah 5:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/5/2) — But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be…