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EPHRATH

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Caleb’s second wife, who was the mother of Hur, 1 Chron. ii,
19. From her, it is believed that the city of Ephratah, otherwise called
Bethlehem, where our Lord was born, had its name; and this city is more
than once known in Scripture by the name of Ephrath, Gen. xxxv, 16.
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