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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

beth'-le-hem-it (beth ha-lachmi): An inhabitant of Bethlehem, a town in Judah, 5 miles South of Jerusalem. Jesse is so named in 1Sa 16:18; 17:58, and Elhanan in 2Sa 21:19. The children of Bethlehem are referred to in Ezr 2:21; Ne 7:26; 1 Esdras 5:17.