Luke 2:4

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So Joseph went from Nazareth, a city in Galilee, to a Judean city called Bethlehem. Joseph, a descendant of King David, went to Bethlehem because David had been born there.

Cross References

Genesis 35:19

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

Genesis 48:7

As I was coming back from Paddan, Rachel died in Canaan when we were still some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there on the way to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).

Micah 5:2

You, Bethlehem Ephrathah, are too small to be included among Judah’s cities. Yet, from you Israel’s future ruler will come for me. His origins go back to the distant past, to days long ago.

Matthew 1:20

Joseph had this in mind when an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. The angel said to him, “Joseph, descendant of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife. She is pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 2:23

and made his home in a city called Nazareth. So what the prophets had said came true: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

Luke 2:3

All the people went to register in the cities where their ancestors had lived.

Luke 2:5

Joseph went there to register with Mary. She had been promised to him in marriage and was pregnant.

Luke 4:16

Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. As usual he went into the synagogue on the day of rest—a holy day. He stood up to read the lesson.

John 1:46

Nathanael said to Philip, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Philip told him, “Come and see!”

John 7:42

Doesn’t Scripture say that the Messiah will come from the descendants of David and from the village of Bethlehem, where David lived?”

Ruth 1:19

So both of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was excited about them. “This can’t be Naomi, can it?” the women asked.

Ruth 2:4

Just then, Boaz was coming from Bethlehem, and he said to his reapers, “May the Lord be with all of you!” They answered him, “May the Lord bless you!”

Ruth 4:11

All the people who were at the gate, including the leaders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make this wife, who is coming into your home, like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built our family of Israel. So show your strength of character in Ephrathah and make a name for yourself in Bethlehem.

Ruth 4:17

The women in the neighborhood said, “Naomi has a son.” So they gave him the name Obed. He became the father of Jesse, who was the father of David.

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord asked Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul now that I have rejected him as king of Israel? Fill a flask with olive oil and go. I’m sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem because I’ve selected one of his sons to be king.”

1 Samuel 16:4

Samuel did what the Lord told him. When he came to Bethlehem, the leaders of the city, trembling with fear, greeted him and said, “May peace be with you.”

1 Samuel 17:12

David was a son of a man named Jesse from the region of Ephrath and the city of Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul’s day he was an old man.

1 Samuel 17:58

Saul asked him, “Whose son are you, young man?” “The son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David answered.

1 Samuel 20:6

If your father really misses me, tell him, ‘David repeatedly begged me to let him run to Bethlehem, his hometown, because his relatives are offering the annual sacrifice there.’