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Bethlehem – A Little Town with a Big Story – Scriptures about Bethlehem

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“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Though you are little among the thousands of Judah,
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be Ruler in Israel,
Whose goings forth are from of old,
From [a]everlasting.”  Micah 5:2

19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). Genesis 35:19

[‘In the Bible, Rachel was the wife of Jacob and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
Jacob was the second son of Isaac and Rebecca, and the grandson of Abraham and Sarah.
Jacob is considered a patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.” Google ai]

Jacob and Joseph are part of Jesus’s Family Tree or the Jesse Tree.

“Now it came to pass, in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem, Judah, went to dwell in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.
The name of the man was Elimelech, the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion—Ephrathites of Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to the country of Moab and remained there.” Ruth 1:1-2
[“Naomi lived in Bethlehem with her husband Elimelech and their two sons, Mahlon and Chilion. When a famine struck Judea, the family moved to Moab. There, Elimelech and both of Naomi’s sons died, leaving Naomi a widow. She was left with only her daughters-in-law, Ruth and Orpah” Google ai Later, Ruth married Boaz, who had saved them from starvation. Boaz was part of Jesus’s Family Tree or Jesse Tree.
“So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.” Ruth 1:22
“Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “The Lord be with you!” And they answered him, “The Lord bless you!” Ruth 2:4

David Anointed King

“Now the Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.” I Samuel 16:1

[King David’s Father was Jesse. He was in Jesus’s Family Tree. The Jesse Tree was named in honor of Jesse, the Father of King David. Jesse’s home was in Bethlehem
“But David occasionally went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.” 1 Samuel 17:15
[David went to live with King Saul. but he returned to Bethlehem often.] Bethlehem was David’s Home. Bethlehem was the City of David“
“For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:11
 “So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.” Luke 2;15

Wise Men from the East

2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, [a]wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.”

3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.

5 So they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet:

6 ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
Are not the least among the rulers of Judah;
For out of you shall come a Ruler
Who will shepherd My people Israel.’ ”

7 Then Herod, when he had secretly called the [b]wise men, determined from them what time the star appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the young Child, and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, that I may come and worship Him also.” Matthew 2: 1-8

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