Matthew 2:16

Overview - Matthew 2
The wise men from the east enquire after Christ;
at which Herod is alarmed.
They are directed by a star to Bethlehem, worship him, and offer their presents.
13 Joseph flees into Egypt with Jesus and his mother.
16 Herod slays the children;
20 himself dies.
23 Christ is brought back again into Galilee to Nazareth.
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Matthew 2:16  (King James Version)
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
 


when
Genesis 39:14 Genesis 39:17 ; Numbers 22:29 ; 24:10 Judges 16:10 ; Job 12:4

was exceeding
Proverbs 27:3 Proverbs 27:4 ; Daniel 3:13 Daniel 3:19 Daniel 3:20

and slew
Genesis 49:7 ; 2 Kings 8:12 ; Proverbs 28:15 Proverbs 28:17 ; Isaiah 26:21 ; 59:7 Hosea 10:14 ; Revelation 17:6

according
2:7