Matthew 2:8

Modern King James Version

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child. And when you have found him, bring me word again so that I may come and worship him also.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:14

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil on Absalom.

1 Kings 19:2

And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Jehovah.

Lamentations 3:37

Who is this who speaks, and it occurs, when the Lord does not command it?

Matthew 2:1

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men came from the east to Jerusalem,

Matthew 2:7

Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, inquired of them exactly what time the star appeared.

Matthew 2:9

When they had heard the king, they departed. And lo, the star which they saw in the east went before them until it came and stood over where the child was.