Oops of the Day

Bethlehem was a little village, just as the Christmas carol says (calling Bethlehem a little town).

Micah 5:2   –  I Chronicles 11:17-18  –  II Chronicles 11:5-10  –  Ezra 2:21  –  Matthew 2:6  –  II Chronicles 11:5-10

Fact of the Day 

No! 

c. 1000 BC – I Chronicles 11:17-18 says the well in Bethlehem was just inside the gate into Bethlehem.  Why would there be a gate if it had no walls?  

c. 900 BC – II Chronicles 11:5-10 says King Rehoboam, son of Solomon, fortified Bethlehem, meaning he turned it into a military fortress with watchtowers, etc.

c. 700 BC – Micah 5:2 says the Bethlehem had few leaders in the Tribe of Judah. 

c. 450 BC – Ezra 2:21 says that, when the Israelites returned from Babylon, there were only 123 men from Bethlehem compared to nearly 3000 from other towns. 

c. 50 AD – Matthew 2:6 updated what Micah has said, explaining that now Bethlehem was NOT the least among the tribe of Judah.