# Matthew 2:16

> The King James Version (1769) is in the public domain in the United States.

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- Book: [Matthew](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew)
- Chapter: [Matthew 2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/2)
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Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.