once a flourishing city of Palestine, but now only a poor village, is still much frequented, as being the place of our Saviour's birth; it is situated in 36° E. long. and 31° 30' N. lat.

BETHLEHEM is also the name of a town of Brabant, in the Austrian Netherlands, about two miles north of Louvain, situated in 4° 35' E. long. and 51° N. lat.