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2 Chronicles 11:6

2 Chronicles 11:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

Bethlehem: Bethlehem, called Bethlehem Judah (), to distinguish it from another Bethlehem in Zebulun (), and also Ephratah (i.e., fruitful), and by the Arabs, Bait-el-lahm, is situated on a rising ground on the southern side of a deep and extensive valley, and reclining from e to w not quite six miles s of Jerusalem. ; ;

Etam: ;

Tekoa: ; ; , ; ;

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