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Throughout much of the Bible, Ephrath is a description for members of the Israelite tribe of Judah, as well as for possible founders of Bethlehem. [ 4 ] Ephrath, or Bethlehem, is connected to messianic prophecy, as found in the book of the minor prophet Micah : "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah ...
The ruins of Beitin, the site of ancient Bethel, during the 19th century. Bethel (Hebrew: בֵּית אֵל, romanized: Bēṯ ʾĒl, "House of El" or "House of God", [1] also transliterated Beth El, Beth-El, Beit El; Greek: Βαιθήλ; Latin: Bethel) was an ancient Israelite city and sacred space that is frequently mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
Bethlehem: The Gospel of Luke states that the birth of Jesus took place in Bethlehem. [40] [41] Bethphage is mentioned as the place from which Jesus sent the disciples to find a donkey for the triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Matthew 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29 mention it as close to Bethany.
The Nativity or birth of Jesus Christ is found in the biblical gospels of Matthew and Luke.The two accounts agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in Roman-controlled Judea, that his mother, Mary, was engaged to a man named Joseph, who was descended from King David and was not his biological father, and that his birth was caused by divine intervention.
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.
David, pouring out water drawn from the well of Bethlehem in this 1860 woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld, which illustrates 2 Samuel 23:15–17. Biblical scholars believe Bethlehem, located in the "hill country" of Judea, may be the same as the Biblical Ephrath, [28] which means "fertile", as there is a reference to it in the Book of ...
Revelation 2:8 GA Clarke County: Athens: Athens: Acts 17:15 GA Barrow County: Bethlehem: Bethlehem: Genesis 35:19 GA Richmond County: Hephzibah [4] Hephzibah: 2 Kings 21:1 GA Carroll County: Mount Zion: Zion: 2 Samuel 5:7 GA Floyd County: Rome: Rome: Acts 2:10 GA Upson County: Salem: Salem: Genesis 14:18 GA Cobb County: Smyrna: Smyrna ...
Catholic priest and biblical scholar Raymond E. Brown postulates that Judas's place of origin may have led the author of Luke to think that Galilee was subject to the census. [ 18 ] [ e ] Brown also points out that in the Acts of the Apostles , Luke the Evangelist (the traditional author of both books ) dates Judas's census-incited revolt as ...