Micah 5:2

A Ruler From Bethlehem

¹ Now shalt thou gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us; they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. ² But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting. ³ Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she who travaileth hath brought forth: then the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

From the Beginning

Rule Over

Beth-lehem

Bethlehem

Ephratah

Israel

Judah

Matthew 2:6

And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, Art in no wise least among the princes of Judah: For out of thee shall come forth a governor, Who shall be shepherd of my people Israel.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.

John 7:42

Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?

Genesis 35:19

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

Genesis 48:7

And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

Genesis 49:10

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come: And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.

Psalm 90:2

Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

Isaiah 9:6-7

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 11:1

And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.

Luke 1:31-33

And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

Ruth 4:11

And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

Isaiah 53:2

For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

Matthew 28:18

And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth.

Exodus 18:21

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Exodus 18:25

And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Deuteronomy 1:15

So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.

1 Samuel 8:12

and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and he will set some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

1 Samuel 10:19

but ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saveth you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and ye have said unto him, Nay , but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Jehovah by your tribes, and by your thousands.

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken in years among men.

1 Samuel 17:18

and bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

1 Samuel 23:23

See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me of a certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.

1 Chronicles 2:50-51

These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,

1 Chronicles 2:54

The sons of Salma: Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

1 Chronicles 4:4

and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem.

1 Chronicles 5:2

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

Psalm 102:25-27

Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

Psalm 132:6

Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah: We found it in the field of the wood.

Proverbs 8:22-23

Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.

Jeremiah 13:5-6

So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as Jehovah commanded me.

Jeremiah 30:21

And their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is he that hath had boldness to approach unto me? saith Jehovah.

Ezekiel 17:22-24

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high and lofty mountain:

Ezekiel 34:23-24

And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

Ezekiel 37:22-25

and I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all;

Amos 9:11

In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;

Luke 2:4-7

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;

Luke 23:2

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ a king.

Luke 23:38

And there was also a superscription over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

John 1:1-3

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 19:14-22

Now it was the Preparation of the passover: it was about the sixth hour. And he saith unto the Jews, Behold, your King!

1 Corinthians 1:27-28

but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

Colossians 1:17

and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

Hebrews 7:14

For it is evident that our Lord hath sprung out of Judah; as to which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priests.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to-day, yea and for ever.

1 John 1:1

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life

Revelation 1:11-18

saying, What thou seest, write in a book and send it to the seven churches: unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

Revelation 2:8

And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived again :

Revelation 19:16

And he hath on his garment and on his thigh a name written, KINGS OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

Revelation 21:6

And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.