Bible Location
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Ephrathah is the older district-name associated with Bethlehem and its surrounding clan identity. It is important because it preserves the regional and familial background of one of the Bible's most important towns. First appears in Ruth 4:11.1
AI summary: Ephrathah matters because it carries both geographic and genealogical resonance. Ruth and the Psalms preserve the name as part of the memory surrounding Bethlehem, Davidic origins, and the place where God's presence is sought. The cross references present Ephrathah as a district-name of Bethlehem's deep rootedness and future significance.1
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.