Occurrences
Bêyth Lechem occurs 41 times in 39 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Joshua (1), Judges (8), Ruth (6), 1 Samuel (5), 2 Samuel (5), 1 Chronicles (7), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Micah (1)
- Genesis 35:19 — And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem (בֵּ֥ית).
- 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 Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth-lehem (בֵּ֥ית).
- Joshua 19:15 — And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem (וּבֵ֣ית): twelve cities with their villages.
- Judges 12:8 — And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem (מִבֵּ֥ית) judged Israel.
- Judges 12:10 — Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem (בְּבֵ֥ית).
- Judges 17:7 — And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah (לֶ֙חֶם֙) of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
- Judges 17:8 — And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah (לֶ֙חֶם֙) to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
- Judges 17:9 — And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah (לֶ֙חֶם֙), and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
- 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 Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah (לֶ֖חֶם).
- Judges 19:2 — And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth-lehem-judah (בֵּ֥ית), and was there four whole months.
- Judges 19:18 — And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah (לֶ֣חֶם) toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth-lehem-judah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.
- Judges 19:18 — And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth-lehem-judah (בֵּ֥ית), but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.
- 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 Beth-lehem-judah (לֶ֣חֶם) went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
- 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-lehem-judah (לֶ֖חֶם). And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
- Ruth 1:19 — So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem (בֵּ֣ית). And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
- Ruth 1:19 — So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem (לָ֑חֶם), that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
- 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 Beth-lehem (בֵּ֣ית) in the beginning of barley harvest.
- Ruth 2:4 — And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem (מִבֵּ֣ית), and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
- 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 like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem (בְּבֵ֥ית):
- 1 Samuel 16:4 — And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Beth-lehem (בֵּ֣ית). And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
- 1 Samuel 17:12 — Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah (מִבֵּ֥ית), whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
- 1 Samuel 17:15 — But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem (בֵּֽית).
- 1 Samuel 20:6 — If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem (בֵּֽית) his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
- 1 Samuel 20:28 — And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem (בֵּ֥ית):
- 2 Samuel 2:32 — And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem (בֵּ֣ית). And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
- 2 Samuel 23:14 — And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem (בֵּ֥ית).
- 2 Samuel 23:15 — And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem (בֵּֽית), which is by the gate!
- 2 Samuel 23:16 — And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem (בֵּֽית), that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 23:24 — Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem (בֵּ֥ית),
- 1 Chronicles 2:51 — Salma the father of Beth-lehem (בֵֽית), Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
- 1 Chronicles 2:54 — The sons of Salma; Beth-lehem (בֵּ֥ית), and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
- 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 Beth-lehem (בֵּ֥ית).
- 1 Chronicles 11:16 — And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was then at Beth-lehem (בְּבֵ֥ית).
- 1 Chronicles 11:17 — And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem (בֵּֽית), that is at the gate!
- 1 Chronicles 11:18 — And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem (בֵּֽית), that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD,
- 1 Chronicles 11:26 — Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem (מִבֵּ֥ית),
- 2 Chronicles 11:6 — He built even Beth-lehem (בֵּֽית), and Etam, and Tekoa,
- Ezra 2:21 — The children of Beth-lehem (בֵֽית), an hundred twenty and three.
- Nehemiah 7:26 — The men of Beth-lehem (בֵֽית) and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.
- Jeremiah 41:17 — And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem (בֵּ֣ית), to go to enter into Egypt,
- Micah 5:2 — But thou, Beth-lehem (בֵּֽית) Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.