⁵ They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

¹⁹ So ^(A)Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to ^(B)Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),

⁴² Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes ^(A)from the offspring of David, and comes ^(B)from Bethlehem, the village ^(C)where David was?”

David Anointed King

16 The Lord said to Samuel, ^(A)“How long will you grieve over Saul, since ^(B)I have rejected him from being king over Israel? ^(C)Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, ^(D)for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”

¹¹ Then all the people who were ^(A)at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, ^(B)who together ^(C)built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in ^(D)Ephrathah and ^(E)be renowned in Bethlehem,