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• Star of BethlehemBible

  The Star of Bethlehem is the star in Matthew 2 that the wise men from the east saw and that led them to seek the child born King of the Jews. Scripture calls it "his star."

• JessePeople

  Jesse was a man of Bethlehem in the Old Testament, the son of Obed and the father of King David. Because of the prophecy of the "stem of Jesse" in Isaiah 11, his name also serves as a symbol of the messianic line.

• IbzanPeople

  Ibzan was a judge of Israel in the book of Judges who succeeded Jephthah, judged Israel for seven years, and was buried in Bethlehem. He is recorded as having had thirty sons and thirty daughters.

• NaomiPeople

  Naomi is a woman from Bethlehem who appears in the Old Testament Book of Ruth. After losing her husband and two sons in Moab, she returned to her homeland with her daughter-in-law Ruth, and through her grandson Obed her story is linked to the house of David.

• BoazPeople

  Boaz is a man of Bethlehem who appears in the Book of Ruth. He married Ruth, a Moabite woman, and fathered Obed. He was the great-grandfather of David and is listed in the genealogy of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew.

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Verses in the King James Version 8, showing 6

• Matthew 2:1

  Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

• Matthew 2:5

  And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet,

• Matthew 2:6

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

• Matthew 2:8

  And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

• Matthew 2:16

  Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.

• Luke 2:4

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

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