and Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities and their villages.
David said longingly, “O that someone would give me a drink of water from the well in Bethlehem by the gate!”
He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
When King Jabin of Hazor heard these things, he sent word to King Jobab of Madon, the king of Shimron, the king of Akshaph,
the king of Shimron Meron, one; the king of Akshaph, one;
The boundary turns north to Hannathon and extends to the Valley of Iphtah-el;
This was the inheritance of the tribe of Zebulun according to their clans: these cities and their villages.
Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol, so the Canaanites lived among them and became slave laborers.
After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite from Judah, and he stayed as a resident foreigner there.
So they both went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women asked, “Is this Naomi?”