There are so many scriptures that talk about Bethlehem but most of the time the word Bethlehem tells us about the birthplace of Jesus. We all know how God revealed himself in the body of Jesus and that miraculous event took place in the land of Bethlehem.
Apart from Jesus’ birth and we can find that this place had significance in the Old Testa, met times. This place had an amazing importance during the times of the Jews who lived there.
In the New Testament, we know how the Old Testament prophesies were fulfilled in Jesus Christ. His birth in Bethlem was a remarkable incident and the sacrificial act was also praiseworthy.
Let us have a look at the following Bible verses that talk about Bethlehem.
Micah 5:2(KJV) But thou, Bethlehem 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.
Matthew 2:1(KJV) Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Matthew 2:16(KJV) Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Luke 2:4(KJV) And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
Matthew 2:5(KJV) And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
Matthew 2:8(KJV) And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
Ruth 2:4(KJV) And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless thee.
Ruth 1:19(KJV) So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
Joshua 19:15(KJV) And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
Genesis 35:19(KJV) And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
John 7:42(KJV) Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
Luke 2:15(KJV) And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
Matthew 2:6(KJV) And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
Jeremiah 41:17(KJV) And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
Nehemiah 7:26(KJV) The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.
Ezra 2:21(KJV) The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.
1 Chronicles 11:26(KJV) Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
1 Samuel 20:28(KJV) And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:
1 Samuel 17:15(KJV) But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
1 Samuel 16:4(KJV) And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
Ruth 4:11(KJV) 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 Bethlehem:
Ruth 1:22(KJV) 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 Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
Judges 12:10(KJV) Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.
Genesis 48:7(KJV) 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 Bethlehem.
