Bethlehem "house of bread." Ironically, in the book of Ruth, there was a famine in Bethlehem, the "house of bread," which led Naomi's family to Moab where she met Ruth. Bethlehem is best known as the birthplace of Jesus but was also known as the "city of David".
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