Bethlehem, a village 6 m. S. of Jerusalem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ and King David, with a convent containing the Church of the Nativity; near it is the grotto where St. Jerome translated the Bible into Latin.
Population (1907) 3,000
From Nuttall Encylopædia, 1907
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Bethlehem; Damascus; Palestine
Bethlehem; Judea; Palestine
Bethlehem; Palestine