Mat 2:16 | HCSB | STEP | Then Herod , when he saw that he had been outwitted by the wise men , flew into a rage . He gave orders to massacre all the male children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under , in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men .

b Isa 59:7; Mk 10:34; Ac 13:6; 25:3; Rv 12:4

‏ Matthew 2:16

The Massacre of the Innocents

16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the male children in and around Bethlehem who were two years ^{▼▼Lit were from two years} old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men. ^b