II. EPHRATH, otherwise Bethlehem, a City at two leagues distance from Jerusalem, celebrated for the birth of David, King of Israel; and infinitely more for the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of God, and Saviour of the World. By Ephratæus is meant a native of Bethlehem.
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