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They took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb at Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and arrived at Hebron by daybreak.
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In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.
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At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.
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David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
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So the three mighty warriors broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out before the Lord.
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Among the Thirty were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,
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Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
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The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,
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Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and father of Bethlehem.
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At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.
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David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
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So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the Lord.
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The mighty warriors were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,
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Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
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the men of Bethlehem 123
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the men of Bethlehem and Netophah 188
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And they went on, stopping at Geruth Kimham near Bethlehem on their way to Egypt
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A Promised Ruler From Bethlehem
Marshal your troops now, city of troops, for a siege is laid against us. They will strike Israel’s ruler on the cheek with a rod.
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“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”
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The Magi Visit the Messiah
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem
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“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
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“‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”
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He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”
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When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.
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So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.
