2 For ^aJudah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ^bruler; but the ^cbirthright was Joseph’s:)

  6 And thou ^aBethlehem, in the land of ^bJuda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a ^cGovernor, that shall ^drule 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 ^aJesse the ^bBeth-lehemite: for I have provided me a ^cking among his sons.

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

  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:)