Mat 2:16-18 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

Matthew 2:16-18

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. 17 ^aThen was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:

18 ^b“A voice was heard in Ramah,
weeping and loud lamentation,
Rachel weeping for her children;
she refused to be comforted, because they ^care no more.”