<P> Matthew 2: 6 is the sixth verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament . The magi have informed King Herod that they had seen portents showing the birth of the King of the Jews . Herod has asked the leading Jewish religious figures about how to find out where Jesus was to be born . In this verse they tell him by quoting from the Book of Micah . </P> <P> In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: </P> <Dl> <Dd> And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the </Dd> <Dd> least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall </Dd> <Dd> come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel . </Dd> </Dl>

And thou bethlehem in the land of judah