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Betlehem

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Sebuah kota di “wilayah pegunungan” Yehuda. Awalnya kota ini disebut Efrata (Kejadian 35:16, 19; Kejadian 48:7; Rut 4:11). Kota ini juga disebut Betlehem Efrata (Mikha 5:2), Betlehem-Yehuda (1 Samuel 17:12), dan “kota Daud” (Lukas 2:4). Kota ini pertama kali dicatat dalam Kitab Suci sebagai tempat Rahel meninggal dan dimakamkan “di sisi jalan,” tepat di sebelah utara kota tersebut (Kejadian 48:7). Lembah di sebelah timur merupakan latar kisah Rut, perempuan Moab itu. Di sanalah ladang tempat ia memungut bulir-bulir jelai, dan jalan setapak yang dilalui ia dan Naomi saat kembali ke kota. Di sinilah tempat kelahiran Daud, dan di sini pula, bertahun-tahun kemudian, ia diurapi menjadi raja oleh Samuel (1 Samuel 16:4-13); dan dari perigi Betlehem inilah tiga pahlawannya mengambilkan air untuknya dengan mempertaruhkan nyawa mereka ketika ia berada di gua Adulam (2 Samuel 23:13-17). Namun kota ini diistimewakan melebihi kota-kota lainnya sebagai tempat kelahiran Dia “yang permulaannya sudah sejak purbakala” (Matius 2:6; bdg. Mikha 5:2). Belakangan Herodes, “ketika ia melihat bahwa ia telah diperdaya oleh orang-orang majus,” menyuruh membunuh “semua anak laki-laki di Betlehem dan di seluruh daerah sekitarnya, yang berumur dua tahun ke bawah” (Matius 2:16, 18; Yeremia 31:15).

Betlehem memiliki nama modern Beit-Lahm, yaitu “rumah daging.” Letaknya sekitar 5 mil di sebelah selatan Yerusalem, berdiri pada ketinggian sekitar 2.550 kaki di atas permukaan laut, sehingga 100 kaki lebih tinggi daripada Yerusalem.

Masih ada sebuah gereja yang berdiri, dibangun oleh Konstantinus Agung (330 M), yang disebut “Gereja Kelahiran”, di atas sebuah gua yang disebut “kripta kudus”, dan dikatakan sebagai “kandang” tempat Yesus dilahirkan. Ini mungkin adalah gereja Kristen tertua yang masih ada di dunia. Dekat dari situ terdapat gua lain, tempat Hieronimus, bapa gereja Latin, konon menghabiskan tiga puluh tahun masa hidupnya untuk menerjemahkan Kitab Suci ke dalam bahasa Latin.

Garis waktu

Setiap peristiwa yang disebutkan dalam Kitab Suci di Betlehem, disusun sesuai urutan narasi Alkitab. Ikuti kisahnya saat terungkap di sana, dari penyebutan pertama hingga terakhir.

Graf hubungan

Posisi Betlehem dalam kisah Alkitab yang lebih luas, menghubungkan orang-orang, tempat-tempat, keluarga, dan peristiwa yang terkait dengan kehidupan mereka. Lihat bagaimana hubungan-hubungan ini saling tumpang tindih dan membentuk satu gambaran utuh, bukan daftar-daftar terpisah.

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Referensi Kitab Suci

32 ayat menyebutkan Betlehem

Referensi Ayat
Genesis 35:19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
Genesis 48:7 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.
Judges 12:8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
Judges 12:10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.
Ruth 1:19 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?
Ruth 1:22 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.
Ruth 2:4 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 4:11 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:
1 Samuel 16:4 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?
1 Samuel 17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
1 Samuel 20:6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
1 Samuel 20:28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:
2 Samuel 2:32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
2 Samuel 23:14 And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
2 Samuel 23:15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
2 Samuel 23:16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
2 Samuel 23:24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
1 Chronicles 11:16 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was then at Bethlehem.
1 Chronicles 11:17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!
1 Chronicles 11:18 And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD,

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