Question: what are ephrathites in the bible?
Answer: Ephrathites. The people who were descended from Ephrathah, wife to Caleb and mother of Hur. The people who lived in and around the city of Ephrath, later called Bethlehem. ... When we see people referred to as Ephrathites, it means that they were Judahites from in or near the city of Bethlehem.