Bethlehem in Galilee

Bethlehem in Galilee.

Not to be confused with Bethlehem in Judah.

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The village of Abel the Good named.

Inhabitants or natives

Abel the teenager unjustly accused, Myrtha (Mirta), his mother desired, Aser the murderer greedy repentant, Joel and his servant, Jacob the notable murderer and adulterer.

Key events

Jesus goes to the Bethlehem in Galilee in the middle of the second year of his public life. There he saves Abel, a young man unjustly accused and about to be stoned. The notables would refuse him judgment:

"You do not belong here, You are neither a priest nor a judge. You are nothing. You are a foreigner."

But Jesus silences them:

"Yes, I am a Foreigner because the earth is not My Kingdom. But I am Judge and Priest. Not only of this small portion of Israel, but of the whole of Israel and of the whole world."

Abel will become a disciple and will receive the name Ananias.

His name

Bethlehem in Galilee, Beit Lechem; Haglilit, בֵּית לֶחֶם הַגְּלִילִית (Beit Lehem HaGlilit)

Bethlehem means "the house of bread." Today Beit-Lahm or Beit Lehem is 11 km northwest of Nazareth.

Where is it mentioned in the work?

GRM 248
GRM 441
GRM 566 GRM 574

Learn more about this place

The sole glory of this village is to be the Homeland of a minor judge of Israel: Ibzan the prolific:

"After Jephthah, it was Ibzan of Bethlehem who became the leader of the Israelites. He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He gave his daughters in marriage outside his tribe and brought women from other tribes for his sons. He led the people of Israel for seven years, then he died and was buried in Bethlehem."

Locality of the tribe of Zebulun, located 11/12 km northwest of Nazareth as the crow flies, but 16/17 km going around the hills via Mérala and Séméron, following the route traveled by Jesus in the work: "we shall proceed to Bethlehem in Galilee via Japhia and Shimron" (...) "we shall stop on the mountain overlooking Meraba". Archaeological traces prove that the village was still occupied for some time after the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70.

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• 32° 44’ 09’’ N / 35° 11’ 33’’ E

• +180m

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Notes and references

Article partially based on the Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel by Jean-François Lavère.

Person or animal who has been killed by stones. This punishment was used in the East and especially among the Jews. (For example, Jews stoned adulterers, blasphemers).

Kilometres. 1 km = 0.621 miles. 1 mile = 1.609 km.