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Bethlehem

Modern Bethlehem, West Bank
Coordinates 31.7054, 35.2024 View modern location ↗
Eras The PatriarchsConquest and the JudgesThe United KingdomThe life of Christ

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Jordan River — The Jordan River, Israel/Jordan borderJordan RiverSea of Galilee — Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret), northern IsraelSea of GalileeMount of Olives — Mount of Olives, east of JerusalemGolgotha (Calvary) — Traditional: Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. Alternative: Garden Tomb areaGarden of Gethsemane — At the foot of the Mount of Olives, JerusalemGarden of GethsemaneAi — Et-Tell, near Bethel (debated)AiCapernaum — Tell Hum, northern shore of the Sea of GalileeCapernaumNazareth — Nazareth, IsraelNazarethShiloh — Khirbet Seilun, West BankShilohGibeon — El-Jib, West BankGibeonJericho — Tell es-Sultan, near modern Jericho, West BankSamaria — Sebastia, West BankSamariaBethel — Beitin, West Bank (proposed)BethelHebron — Hebron, West BankHebronDamascus — Damascus, SyriaDamascusBeersheba — Tel Be'er Sheva, Negev, IsraelBeershebaShechem — Tell Balata, near Nablus, West BankShechemJerusalem — Jerusalem (Old City around the Temple Mount)JerusalemBethlehem — Bethlehem, West BankBethlehem
city · site · mountain region · river · sea off map: Ur of the Chaldees, Haran, Land of Goshen, Rome Select any place for history & key verses

Rachel's burial place; Naomi and Ruth's home; David's birthplace and the city of David; and the prophesied birthplace of the Messiah. The Church of the Nativity has stood over the traditional site of Jesus' birth since the fourth century.

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