Matthew 2:7

Then Herod secretly summoned the chachamim and ascertained from them the exact date of the manifestation of the KOCHAV.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.

In Context

6And YOU, BEIT-LECHEM, (Bethlehem, Mic 5:1 [2]) in eretz Yehudah are by no means least among the shtetlach (towns) or ruling + 2:6 alafim of Yehudah; because out of you will come a Moshel (Ruler) who will be the Ro'eh Ami Yisroel.

8Then he sent them to Beit-Lechem, saying, Go and make a thorough search for the yeled (child); as soon as you have found him, report to me, so that I, as you, may come and fall down before him.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:21And Sha'ul said, I will give him her, that she may be a mokesh to him, and that the yad Pelishtim may be against him. Wherefore Sha'ul said to Dovid, Thou shalt this day become Choson to me by one of my two.

Psalms 55:21He + 55:21 the faithless friend of verse 13-14 hath laid his hands on such 1 as are at shalom with him; 1 he hath broken his Brit. 1

Psalms 83:3For, hinei, Thine oyevim are in tumult; 1 and they that hate Thee have lifted up the rosh. 1

Ezekiel 38:10Thus saith Adonoi Hashem; It shall also come to pass, that on that day thoughts will arise into thy mind, and thou shalt devise a machashevet ra'ah (an evil plan);

Revelation 12:1And an ot gadol (miraculous sign) was seen in Shomayim, an ISHA + 12:1 Gn 3:15 having been clothed with the shemesh (sun), and the levanah (moon) underneath the feet of her, and on the rosh of her an atarah (diadem) of kokhavim (stars) numbering Shneym Asar (Twelve), + 12:1 Gn 37:9

Matthew Henry on Matthew 2:2-9

The Wise Men Come to Jerusalem. 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. 5 And… Read the whole commentary →

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