He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel and Ai.

The southern border extended from Bethel to Luz, and crossed to Arkite territory at Ataroth.

Their territory included Kattah, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; in all they had twelve cities and their towns.

When the men of Joseph spied out Bethel (it used to be called Luz),

There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.

So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably.

Year after year he used to travel the circuit of Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah; he used to judge Israel in all of these places.

David was going back and forth from Saul in order to care for his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.

Jonathan replied to Saul, “David urgently requested that he be allowed to go to Bethlehem.

The gift was for those in the following locations: for those in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, and Jattir;

David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem.

Included with the thirty were the following: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,

This caused Israel to sin; the people went to Bethel and Dan to worship the calves.

So he started back on another road; he did not travel back on the same road he had taken to Bethel.

Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, both of whom ruled in Moab and Jashubi Lehem. (This information is from ancient records.)

David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem.

The mighty warriors were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo, from Bethlehem,

Abijah chased Jeroboam; he seized from him these cities: Bethel and its surrounding towns, Jeshanah and its surrounding towns, and Ephron and its surrounding towns.

Some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,

They set out to go to Egypt to get away from the Babylonians, but stopped at Geruth Kimham near Bethlehem.