Matthew 2:22

And when Yosef + 2:22 ben Dovid heard that Archelaus had succeeded his father Herod as king of Yehudah, Yosef + 2:22 ben Dovid was afraid to go there. And, having been warned in a chalom, he departed into the districts of the Galil.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:

In Context

21And Yosef + 2:21 ben Dovid arose and took the yeled and his Em, and entered Eretz Yisroel.

23And Yosef + 2:23 ben Dovid made his home in the shtetl (Jewish village) called Natzeret, so that which was spoken by the Neviim might be fulfilled: He will be called a Natzri. + 2:23 i.e., Moshiach the Netzer, Tzemach, Isa 11:1; Jer 23:5; Zech 3:8; Isa 53:2; Zech 6:11-12

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Cross References

Genesis 19:17And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth outside, that he said, Flee and escape for thy nefesh; look not back behind thee, neither stop thou anywhere in all the plain; flee and escape to the mountain, lest thou be swept away.

Psalms 48:14Mark ye well her ramparts, 1 consider her citadels; 1 that ye may tell it to the dor acharon. 1

Psalms 107:6Then they cried unto Hashem in their tzoros, 1 and He delivered them out of their distresses. 1

Isaiah 30:21And thine oznayim shall hear a davar behind thee, saying, This is the derech (road), walk ye on it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Matthew 1:20Now just when Yosef + 1:20 ben Dovid had thought through to this tachlis (purpose) hinei! A malach Hashem appeared to him in a chalom, and said, Yosef ben Dovid, do not shrink from taking Miryam in nisuim (marriage) as your + 1:20 basherte (destined mate) aishes chayil (virtuous woman) kallah (bride), because what has been conceived in her is through the Ruach Hakodesh.

Matthew 2:19When Herod died, hinei, in Eretz Mitzrayim a malach Hashem appeared to Yosef + 2:19 ben Dovid in a chalom (dream),

Matthew Henry on Matthew 2:20-23

Christ's Return from Egypt. 19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life. 21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God… Read the whole commentary →

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