Main Biblical references for sites
in the Holy Land


  3. Bethlehem and its surroundings - Jaffa

BETHLEHEM EPHRATA - HOUSE OF BREAD - Fruitful
G 35, 19; 48, 7 Tomb of Rachel
Jg 17, 7 - 13 Country of the levite, in the service of Micah
1 Ch 2, 51 Origins of David
1 S 16, 1 David is anointed king by Samuel
Mi 5, 1 Prophecy of the birth of the Messiah
2 S 23, 14 Occupied by the Philistines
2 Ch 11, 6 Fortified by Rehoboam
Lk 2, 1 - 21 Birth of our Lord Jesus in Bethlehem
Mt 2, 1 - 18 idem
Jn 7, 41 - 42 Massacre of the Holy Innocents by Herod
BEIT SAHOUR THE SHEPHERD'S FIELDS
RT History of Ruth and Booz
Lk 2, 8 - 21 The Shepherd's fields
POOLS OF SOLOMON ORTAS
Sg 4, 12 Hortus Conculusus
Qo 2, 4 The work of Solomon
FOUNTAIN OF PHILIP -
Ac 8, 26 - 40 Philip baptises a eunuch of Ethiopia
JAFFA - JOPPE - LYDDA -
Jos 19, 40 - 46 Territory of the tribe of Dan
2 Ch 2, 10 - 15 Construction - material for the temple arrives
Est 3, 7 idem
1 M 12, 24 - 34 Simon in Philistia
Ac 9, 32 - 35 Peter cures a paralytic at Lydda
Ac 9, 36 - 43 Peter raises a woman to life at Jaffa
Jon 1, 3 History of Jonah

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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