# Bethlehem

Judea · today Bethlehem

The city of David and of the birth of Jesus. Small enough that the census that took Joseph there is the only reason he is there.

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/i3d3eaa.jpg (Berthold Werner, public domain, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_of_the_Nativity_(Bethlehem,_2008).jpg).

## Passages

- **Genesis 35:19** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/35/19
- **Genesis 48:7** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/48/7
- **Judges 17:7-9** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/judges/17/7
- **Judges 19:1-3** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/judges/19/1
- **Judges 19:18** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/judges/19/18
- **Ruth 1:1-2** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ruth/1/1
- **Ruth 1:19** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ruth/1/19
- **Ruth 1:22** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ruth/1/22
- **Ruth 2:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ruth/2/1
- **Ruth 2:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ruth/2/4
- **Ruth 4:11** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ruth/4/11
- **1 Samuel 16:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/16/1
- **1 Samuel 16:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/16/4
- **1 Samuel 16:18** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/16/18
- **1 Samuel 17:12** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/17/12
- **1 Samuel 17:15** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/17/15
- **1 Samuel 17:58** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/17/58
- **1 Samuel 20:6** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/20/6
- **1 Samuel 20:28** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/20/28
- **2 Samuel 2:32** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-samuel/2/32
- **2 Samuel 21:19** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-samuel/21/19
- **2 Samuel 23:14-16** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-samuel/23/14
- **2 Samuel 23:24** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-samuel/23/24
- **1 Chronicles 2:51** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/2/51
- **1 Chronicles 2:54** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/2/54
- **1 Chronicles 4:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/4/4
- **1 Chronicles 11:16-18** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/11/16
- **1 Chronicles 11:26** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/11/26
- **2 Chronicles 11:6** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/11/6
- **Ezra 2:21** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/2/21
- **Nehemiah 7:26** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/7/26
- **Jeremiah 41:17** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/41/17
- **Micah 5:2** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/micah/5/2
- **Matthew 2:1-12** (event) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2/1
- **Matthew 2:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2/1
- **Matthew 2:5-6** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2/5
- **Matthew 2:8-9** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2/8
- **Matthew 2:16** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2/16
- **Luke 2:1-20** (event) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/2/1
- **Luke 2:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/2/4
- **Luke 2:11** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/2/11
- **Luke 2:15** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/2/15
- **John 7:42** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/7/42

## Coordinates

31.7043, 35.2076

## Straight-line distances

- **Nazareth**: about 69 mi (110 km) in a straight line, 5 days on foot
- **Jerusalem**: about 5 mi (8 km) in a straight line, a day on foot

## In the reference maps

- **The patriarchs**: Jacob (Genesis 35:16-20). https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/patriarcas
- **Israel and Judah**: The two kingdoms: Israel until 722, Judah until 586 BC. https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/israel-e-juda

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/bethlehem
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- Text license: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).