Now when Jesus was born at Bethlehem in Judea in the days of King Herod, stargazers came from the East to Jerusalem

They told him, "At Bethlehem in Judea, for this is what the prophet wrote:

But because he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there; and because he was divinely warned in a dream, he set out for the region of Galilee.

In those days John the Baptist appeared, and kept preaching in the desert of Judea,

Then Jerusalem and all Judea, even the whole Jordan district, continued to go out to him

So great crowds followed Him, from Galilee and Decapolis, from Jerusalem and Judea, and from the other side of Jordan.

When Jesus had finished this discourse, He left Galilee and went into the district of Judea that is on the other side of the Jordan.

"then let those who remain in Judea fly to the hills;