2  For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ^bruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)

  6  And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a ^cGovernor, that shall rule my people Israel.

  1  And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the ^bBeth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

  2  But thou, ^aBeth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

  4  And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called ^aBethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)