# Matthew 2:16

> When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.

— Matthew 2:16, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Bethlehem** (Judea · today Bethlehem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/bethlehem

## Who appears

- **Joseph** (the carpenter) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/people/joseph-of-nazareth

## When

- 6-4 BC? (counted from the text)
- Date source: Matthew 2 puts the birth under Herod the Great, whose death Josephus (Antiquities XVII.8) dates to 4 BC.

## Who ruled

- **Herod the Great**, king of Judea, 37-4 BC, named in the text · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XIV-XVII
- **Augustus**, emperor of Rome, 27 BC – AD 14 · Source: Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Augustus; Res Gestae Divi Augusti
- **Archelaus**, ethnarch of Judea, 4 BC – AD 6 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.13; Jewish War II.7
- **Herod Antipas**, tetrarch of Galilee, 4 BC – AD 39 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
- **Philip**, tetrarch of Ituraea, 4 BC – AD 34 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4

## See also

- Isaiah 59:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/7
- Proverbs 28:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/28/15
- Revelation 17:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/17/6
- Genesis 49:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/49/7
- Judges 16:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/judges/16/10
- 2 Kings 8:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/8/12
- Proverbs 28:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/28/17
- Isaiah 26:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/26/21

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2/16
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).