Micah 5:2

MICAH—NOTE ON Micah 5:2 But you. Both here and in Micah 4:8, these words signal renewed kingship. Bethlehem, where David was born (1 Samuel 17:12), is located in Ephrathah. too little. The unlikely choice of David as king foreshadows the unlikely choice of Bethlehem as the hometown of the greater David, the Messiah. Matthew 2:6 shows that Jewish scholars of Jesus’ day read this as a prediction of the Messiah’s birthplace (see John 7:42). The Messiah’s coming forth (or “origins”) is from of old, from ancient days. The Messiah’s lineage confirms that the ancient covenantal promises made to David still stand (see 2 Samuel 7:16).