And Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard. And it grieved them greatly that a man had come to seek the good of the sons of Israel.
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard, then they mocked us and despised us. And they said, What is this that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?
And it happened when all our enemies heard, and all the nations who were around us saw, they fell very much in their own eyes. For they saw that this work was done by our God.
Then seeing that he was mocked by the wise men, Herod was greatly enraged, and having sent, he killed all the boys in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he exactly asked from the wise men.
And plaiting a crown of thorns, they placed it on His head, and a reed on His right hand. And bowing the knee before Him, they mocked Him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews.