¹⁹ So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath^(A) (that is, Bethlehem^(B)).

⁷ As I was returning from Paddan,^[a](A) to my sorrow^(B) Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).^(C)

¹⁰ Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.

⁷ A young Levite^(A) from Bethlehem in Judah,^(B) who had been living within the clan of Judah, ⁸ left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way^[a] he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.

⁹ Micah asked him, “Where are you from?”

“I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,^(C)” he said, “and I’m looking for a place to stay.”

Naomi Loses Her Husband and Sons

1 In the days when the judges ruled,^[a](A) there was a famine in the land.^(B) So a man from Bethlehem in Judah,^(C) together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while^(D) in the country of Moab.^(E)

Samuel Anoints David

16 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn^(A) for Saul, since I have rejected^(B) him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil^(C) and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse^(D) of Bethlehem. I have chosen^(E) one of his sons to be king.”