² “Where is He who has been born ^(A)King of the Jews? For we saw ^(B)His star in the east and have come to worship Him.” ³ When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴ And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the ^[a]Messiah was to be born.

Herod Slaughters Babies

¹⁶ Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by ^(A)the magi, he became very enraged, and sent men and ^(B)killed all the boys who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity ^[a]who were two years old or under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi.