It was spelled out in scripture, as it was not a secret which Bethlehem (there were two) that was required to fulfill the prophecy, even Herod’s ‘wise men’ knew were to look,
“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” Micah 5:2
There is also a tie in to the Book of Ruth and with Boaz, a love story and its culmination,
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