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Ephrathah is a town in the Bible, about 8 km (5 miles) south of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 2 verses, from Ruth 4:11 to Psalms 132:6.
The ancient name of Bethlehem in Judah (Gen. 35:16, 19; 48:7). In Ruth 1:2 it is called “Bethlehem-Judah,” but the inhabitants are called “Ephrathites;” in Micah 5:2, “Bethlehem-Ephratah;” in Matt. 2:6, “Bethlehem in the land of Judah.” In Ps. 132:6 it is mentioned as the place where David spent his youth, and where he heard much of the ark, although he never saw it till he found it long afterwards at Kirjath-jearim; i.e., the “city of the wood,” or the “forest-town” (1 Sam. 7:1; comp. 2 Sam. 6:3, 4).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Ephrathah is a town about 8 km (5 miles) south of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.
The King James Version names Ephrathah in 2 verses, in 2 books, from Ruth 4:11 to Psalms 132:6.
The verses that name Ephrathah also name Leah and Rachel.