1 Samuel 20:6

6 aIf your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me to run bto Bethlehem his city, for there is a yearly csacrifice there for all the clan.’

Micah 5:2

2
Ch 5:1 in Hebrew
eBut you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
who are too little to be among the clans of fJudah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be gruler in Israel,
hwhose coming forth is ifrom of old,
from ancient days.

Matthew 2:1-6

The Visit of the Wise Men

1Now jafter Jesus was born in kBethlehem of Judea lin the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men
Greek magi; also verses 7, 16
from nthe east came to Jerusalem,
2saying, “Where is he who has been born oking of the Jews? For we saw phis star when it rose
Or in the east; also verse 9
and have come to rworship him.”
3When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where sthe Christ was to be born. 5They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

6 t“‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for from you shall come a ruler
who will ushepherd my people Israel.’”

John 7:42

42Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes vfrom the offspring of David, and comes wfrom Bethlehem, the village xwhere David was?”
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