Dan 2:11-13, Mat 2:16, Joh 12:10-11 | ESV | STEP | The thing that the king asks is difficult , and no one can show it to the king except the gods , whose dwelling is not with flesh .

Daniel 2:11-13

11 The thing that the king asks is difficult, and no one can show it to the king except ^athe gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”

12 Because of this the king was angry and ^bvery furious, and ^ccommanded that all ^dthe wise men of Babylon be destroyed. 13 So the decree went out, and the wise men were about to be killed; and they sought ^eDaniel and his companions, to kill them.

Matthew 2:16

Herod Kills the Children

16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.

John 12:10-11

10 ^fSo the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well, 11 because ^gon account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.