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Bethphage

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature

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Bethpha´ge (house of figs)—comp. Song of Solomon 2:13), a small village, which our Lord, coming from Jericho, appears to have entered before reaching Bethany (Matthew 21:1; Luke 19:29); it probably, therefore, lay near the latter place, a little below it to the east. No trace of it now exists.

 

 

 

 

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Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Bethphage'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​kbe/​b/bethphage.html.
 
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