16 Then they pulled away from Bethʹel. And while there was yet a good stretch of land before coming to Ephʹrath,+ Rachel proceeded to give birth, and it was going hard with her in making the delivery.+

19 Thus Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephʹrath, that is to say, Bethʹle·hem.+

2 And the man’s name was E·limʹe·lech,* and his wife’s name Naʹo·mi, and the names of his two sons were Mahʹlon and Chilʹi·on, Ephʹrath·ites*+ from Bethʹle·hem in Judah. Eventually they came to the fields of Moʹab and continued there.

22 and Oʹbed became father to Jesʹse;+ and Jesʹse became father to David.+

16 Eventually Jehovah said to Samuel: “For how long will you be mourning for Saul,+ while I, on the other hand, have rejected him from ruling as king over Israel?+ Fill your horn with oil+ and go. I shall send you to Jesʹse+ the Bethʹle·hem·ite, because I have provided among his sons a king for myself.”+

58 Saul now said to him: “Whose son are you, boy?” to which David said: “The son of your servant Jesʹse+ the Bethʹle·hem·ite.”+

2 “And you, O Bethʹle·hem* Ephʹra·thah,+ the one too little to get to be among the thousands of Judah,+ from you*+ there will come out to me the one who is to become ruler in Israel,+ whose origin* is from early times, from the days of time indefinite.+

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 forth a governing one,*+ who will shepherd+ my people, Israel.’”