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16 When Herod[a] saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men[b] to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 2:16 sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Note the fulfillment of the prophecy given by the angel in 2:13.
  2. Matthew 2:16 tn Or “soldiers.”