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

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?”

Naomi Widowed

1 In the days ^(A)when the judges ruled there was ^(B)a famine in the land, and a man of ^(C)Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.

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.”

⁴ And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem. And he said to the reapers, ^(A)“The Lord be with you!” And they answered, “The Lord bless you.”

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,

Naomi and Ruth Return

¹⁹ So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they came to Bethlehem, ^(A)the whole town was stirred because of them. And the women said, “Is this Naomi?”

¹⁵ and Kattath, Nahalal, ^(A)Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem—twelve cities with their villages.

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