Matthew 2:5

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

They replied to him, In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

Cross References

Genesis 35:19

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem.

Matthew 2:1

NOW WHEN Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men [astrologers] from the east came to Jerusalem, asking,

Matthew 2:4

So he called together all the chief priests and learned men (scribes) of the people and anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born.

John 7:42

Does not the Scripture tell us that the Christ will come from the offspring of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived? [Ps. 89:3, 4; Mic. 5:2.]

Joshua 19:15

Included were Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; twelve cities with their villages.

Judges 17:7

And there was a young man in Bethlehem of Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.

Ruth 1:1

IN THE days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem of Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, his wife, and his two sons.

Ruth 1:19

So they both went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred about them, and said, Is this Naomi?

Ruth 2:4

And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, The Lord be with you! And they answered him, The Lord bless you!

Ruth 4:11

And all the people 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, the two who built the household of Israel. May you do worthily and get wealth (power) in Ephratah and be famous in Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 16:1

THE Lord said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided for Myself a king among his sons.