Matthew 2:4-6 And he assembled all the chiefs of the priests and the scribes of the people, and inquired of them, Where is the birthplace of the Messiah?

Murdock⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ And he assembled all the chiefs of the priests and the scribes of the people, and inquired of them, Where is the birthplace of the Messiah? ⁵ And they said: In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written in the prophet: ⁶ Thou also, Bethlehem of Judaea, art not the little among the kings of Judaea, for a king shall come from thee who shall rule my people Israel.