The meaning of the word Bethlehem is the House of Bread. It is a small town located in the south of Jerusalem (Jerusalem), where King David and Jesus Christ were born. Sometimes it was called Bethlehem of Judea, Bethlehem of Ephrata, or Ephrata due to the fertility of its lands, mentioned by Eusebius in his book (Eus. On. 42:10-13, 82:10-14), and it was also mentioned by many travelers when they came to Bethlehem.
Bethlehem appears on the map of Madaba and contains the Church of the Nativity, which was built in 325 AD by Emperor Constantine and Queen Helena.

The map shows the low city wall with one door and a tower. The city was exposed to an earthquake in 510 AD, and to destruction by the Samra in 529 AD. Emperor Justinian rebuilt the Church of the Nativity and changed its shape from a church with eight sides (a symbol of perfect perfection) to a church with the shape of a cross as it appears now. He also restored the Bethlehem wall in 531 AD.