# Matthew 2:9

> After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was.

— Matthew 2:9, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

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

## 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

- Psalms 25:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/25/12
- Proverbs 8:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/8/17
- Matthew 2:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2/2
- 2 Peter 1:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-peter/1/19
- Proverbs 2:1-6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/2/1

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2/9
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).