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|<span id="2:16"></span>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 inquired of the wise men.

|<span id="2:16"></span>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 inquired of the wise men.

|Herod was very angry when he saw the scholars had deceived him.  He gave orders than all infants two years old and younger in Bethlehem and the neighboring coastlines be killed, as this would assuredly kill any infant born at the time the scholars had told him.

|Herod was very angry when he saw the scholars had outsmarted him.  He gave orders than all infants two years old and younger in Bethlehem and the neighboring coastlines be killed, as this would assuredly kill any infant born at the time the scholars had told him.

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|"mocked of" is a fascinating translation by the [[KJV]] -  the [[devil]] cannot withstand mockery.  He doesn't like being "outsmarted" either.

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