en_tn_condensed/mat/02/16.md

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Connecting Statement:

Here the scene shifts back to Herod and tells what he did when he learned that the learned men had deceived him.

General Information:

These events happen before Herod's death, which Matthew mentioned in Matthew 2:15. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-events)

he had been mocked by the learned men

This can be stated in active form. AT: "the learned men had embarrassed him by tricking him" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

He sent and killed all the male children

Herod did not kill the children himself. AT: "He gave orders for his soldiers to kill all the boys" or "He sent soldiers there to kill all the boy babies" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

two years old and under

"2 years old and younger" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)

according to the time

"based on the time"

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