Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,

Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared.

And having been warned by God in a dream not to return to Herod, the magi left for their own country by another way.

Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi.