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Matthew 1–2

The Two Testaments

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You, Bethlehem, of Ephrathah, Are by No Means Least Among the Rulers of Judas

When Herod gets wind of the birth of the king of the Jews from the Magi, he summons the chief priests to figure out where the Messiah would be born. And they cite 2 Samuel 5 or Micah 5 to and you Bethlehem are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for from you shall come a ruler who is to shepherd my people Israel. So there's a kind of delicious irony about this prophecy in the form Matthew quotes that suggests Jesus is going to take over from Herod as the one who the rightful king of Israel.

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