Now Ibzanof BethlehemjudgedIsraelafterhim.
the Keniteand the Kenizziteand the Kadmonite
"But as for you, BethlehemEphrathah,[Too] littleto be among the clansof Judah,From you One will goforthfor Me to be rulerin Israel.His goingsforthare from longago,From the daysof eternity."
Nowafter Jesuswas bornin Bethlehemof Judeain the daysof Herodthe king,magifrom the eastarrivedin Jerusalem,saying,
[Included] also [were] Kattahand Nahalaland Shimronand Idalahand Bethlehem;twelvecitieswith their villages.
Now afterAbimelechdied, Tolathe sonof Puah,the sonof Dodo,a manof Issachar,aroseto saveIsrael;and he livedin Shamirin the hillcountryof Ephraim.
JephthahjudgedIsraelsixyears.Then Jephthahthe Gileaditediedand was buriedin [one of] the citiesof Gilead.
He hadthirtysons,and thirtydaughters[whom] he gavein marriage outside[the family], and he broughtin thirtydaughtersfrom outsidefor his sons.And he judgedIsraelsevenyears.
Now there was a youngmanfrom Bethlehemin Judah,of the familyof Judah,whowas a Levite;and he was stayingthere.
Now it cameabout in thosedays,when therewas nokingin Israel,that there was a certainLevitestayingin the remotepartof the hillcountryof Ephraim,who tooka concubinefor himself from Bethlehemin Judah.
Now the LORDsaidto Samuel,"Howlongwill you grieveoverSaul,since I have rejectedhim from beingkingoverIsrael?Fillyour hornwith oiland go;I will sendyou to Jessethe Bethlehemite,for I have selecteda kingfor Myself among his sons."
