The towns included: Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem—twelve towns with their associated villages.
David was feeling really thirsty, and he said, “If only someone could bring me a drink of water from the well beside the entrance gate to Bethlehem!”
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
When Jabin, king of Hazor, heard about what happened, he sent a message to Jobab, king of Madon, to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph,
The king of Shimron-meron. The king of Acshaph.
There the boundary turned north to Hannathon, ending at the valley of Iphtah-el.
This was the allocation—the land, towns, and villages—given to the tribe of Zebulun, by families.
Zebulun didn't drive out the people living in the towns of Kitron and Nahalol, so the Canaanites went on living there among them. However, the Canaanites were made to do forced labor for the people of Zebulun.
After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel as a judge.
One young man, a Levite from the tribe of Judah had been living in Bethlehem in Judah,
So the two of them walked on until they reached Bethlehem. When they arrived there, the whole town got excited. “Is this Naomi?” the women asked.