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Micah 5:1-5
This prophecy does not necessarily state where the Messiah would be born but that the home base, town, or city of the family of the Promised Seed would be Bethlehem Ephrathah. He was indeed born there. David's particular family line (see Ruth 4:18-22) begins with a son, Perez, that Tamar bore to Jacob's son, Judah. Five generations later, Salmon was born into that family line, and his son was Boaz, who married Ruth the Moabitess. These two, who made their home in Bethlehem (Ruth 1:1, 19; 2:4), produced Obed, who fathered Jesse, David's father. Jesse and David were also from Bethlehem (I Samuel 16:1, 4, 18).
John W. Ritenbaugh
Leadership and Covenants (Part Eleven): SignsRelated Topics: Boaz and Ruth | David's Dynasty | David's Lineage | Descendants of Perez | Ephrathah | Jesse | Jesse, Son of | Jesus as Branch from Jesse's Roots | Leadership and Covenants | Obed | Perez | Promised Seed | Salmon | TamarOther Forerunner Commentary entries containing Micah 5:3:
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