David comes from looking after the sheep, and he is made the shepherd of Israel (cf. 2 Sam 5:2). The prophet Micah, gazing far into the future, announces that from Bethlehem will come the one who is to pasture the people of Israel (cf. 5:1–3; Mt 2:6). Jesus is born among shepherds. He is the great Shepherd of mankind (cf. 1 Pet 2:25; Heb 13:20).
