There was also Micah, who had spent his early years in the Temple complex at Jerusalem.
Micah had escaped, with several of his Essene brothers, when Jerusalem was besieged in 587 BC, during the reign of Zedekiah.
He called in council all the Jewish masters of the law and asked, What have the Jewish prophets said concerning such a one?11. The Jewish masters answered him and said, The prophets long ago foretold that one would come to rule the tribes of Israel; that this Messiah would be born in Bethlehem.12. They said, The prophet Micah wrote, O Bethlehem Judea, a little place among the Judean hills, yet out of you will one come forth to rule my people, Israel; yea, one who lived in olden times, in very ancient days.
Micah 5:2 is interpreted as a prophecy that Bethlehem, a small village just south of Jerusalem, would be the birthplace of the Messiah.
Makkot 24a: “Micah came and established the Torah upon three [principles], as it is stated: ‘It has been told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requires of you: only to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.’ (Micah 6:8)”
He thought, perhaps, the priests were plotting to restore the kingdom of the Jews, and so he said within himself, I will know more about this child that has been born a king.9. And so he told the magian priests to tarry in the city for a while and he would tell them all about the king.10. He called in council all the Jewish masters of the law and asked, What have the Jewish prophets said concerning such a one?11. The Jewish masters answered him and said, The prophets long ago foretold that one would come to rule the tribes of Israel; that this Messiah would be born in Bethlehem.12. They said, The prophet Micah wrote, O Bethlehem Judea, a little place among the Judean hills, yet out of you will one come forth to rule my people, Israel; yea, one who lived in olden times, in very ancient days.13. Then Herod called the magian priests again and told them what the masters of the Jewish law had said; and then he sent them on the way to Bethlehem.14. He said, Go search, and if you find the child that has been born a king, return and tell me all, that I may go and honour him.15. The magians went their way and found the child with Mary in the shepherd's home.16. They honoured him; bestowed upon him precious gifts and gave him gold, gum-thus and myrrh.17. These magian priests could read the hearts of men; they read the wickedness of Herod's heart, and knew that he had sworn to kill the new born king.18. And so they told the secret to the parents of the child, and bid them flee beyond the reach of harm.19. And then the priests went on their homeward way; they went not through Jerusalem.20. And Joseph took the infant Jesus and his mother in the night and fled to Egypt land, and with Elihu and Salome in ancient Zoan they abode.
Example: Micah 2:12 - "אָסֹף אֲאַסֵּף יַעֲקֹב כֻּלָּךְ קַבֵּץ אֲקַבֵּץ שְׁאֵרִית יִשְׂרָאֵל יַחַד אֲשִׂימֶנּוּ כְּצֹאן בָּצְרָה כְּעֵדֶר בְּתוֹךְ הַדָּבְרוֹ כְּתוֹךְ עֵדֶר צֹאן רַב בְּתוֹךְ דָּבְרוֹ" ("I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob, I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together like the sheep of Bozrah, like a flock [עֵדֶר] in the midst of their pasture [צֹאן].")
Example: Micah 4:8 - "וְאַתָּה מִגְדַּל־עֵדֶר עֹפֶל בַּת־צִיּוֹן עָדֶיךָ תֵּאתֶה וּבָאָה הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה הָרִאשֹׁנָה מַמְלֶכֶת לְבַת־יְרוּשָׁלָיִם" ("And you, O tower of the flock [מִגְדַּל־עֵדֶר], the stronghold of the daughter of Zion, to you shall it come, even the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.")
This connection is evident in Micah's identification of the land of Nimrod with Assyria.
Micah
Minor Prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
Prophets: Samuel, Nathan, Jonah, Micah.