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1 Samuel 16:1

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 16 Jehovah eventually said to Samuel: “How long will you mourn for Saul+ now that I have rejected him from ruling as king over Israel?+ Fill your horn with oil+ and go. I will send you to Jesʹse+ the Bethʹle·hem·ite, because I have selected from among his sons a king for myself.”+

Micah 5:2

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 2 And you, O Bethʹle·hem Ephʹra·thah,+
  The one too little to be among the thousands* of Judah,
  From you will come out for me the one to be ruler in Israel,+
  Whose origin is from ancient times, from the days of long ago.

Matthew 2:6

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 6 ‘And you, O Bethʹle·hem of the land of Judah, are by no means the most insignificant city among the governors of Judah, for out of you will come a governing one, who will shepherd my people Israel.’”+