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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Matthew 2

Chapter 2

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

Jesus

1:25 Luke 2:4-7

Bethlehem

5 Micah 5:2 Luke 2:11,15 John 7:42

Herod

This was Herod the Great, for an account of whom see the Connection of the Old and New Testaments in the Comprehensive Bible.

3,19 Genesis 49:10 Daniel 9:24,25 Haggai 2:6-9

from

Genesis 10:30 25:6 1 Kings 4:30 Job 1:3 Psalms 72:9-12 Isaiah 11:10 60:1-22

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.

born

21:5 Psalms 2:6 Isaiah 9:6,7 32:1,2 Jeremiah 23:5 Zechariah 9:9 Luke 2:11 19:38 Luke 23:3,38 John 1:49 12:13 18:37 19:12-15,19

his

Numbers 24:17 Isaiah 60:3 Luke 1:78,79 Revelation 22:16

worship

10,11 Psalms 45:11 John 5:23 9:38 20:28 Hebrews 1:6

When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

he

8:29 23:37 1 Kings 18:17,18 John 11:47,48 Acts 4:2,24-27 5:24-28 Acts 16:20,21 17:6,7

And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

the chief

21:15,23 26:3,47 27:1 1 Chronicles 24:4-19 2 Chronicles 36:14 Ezra 10:5 Nehemiah 12:7 Psalms 2:2 John 7:32 18:3

scribes

7:29 13:52 2 Chronicles 34:13,15 Ezra 7:6,11,12 Jeremiah 8:8 Mark 8:31 Luke 20:19 Luke 23:10 John 8:3 Acts 4:5 6:12 23:9

he demanded

Malachi 2:7 John 3:10

And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,

Genesis 35:19 Joshua 19:15 Ruth 1:1,19 2:4 4:11 1 Samuel 16:1

And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

thou

1 Micah 5:2 John 7:42

a Governor

28:18 Genesis 49:10 Numbers 24:19 1 Chronicles 5:2 Psalms 2:1-6 Isaiah 9:6,7 Ephesians 1:22 Colossians 1:18 Revelation 2:27 11:15

rule

or, feed.

Psalms 78:71,72 Isaiah 40:11 Jeremiah 23:4-6 Ezekiel 34:23-25 37:24-26

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

26:3-5 Exodus 1:10 1 Samuel 18:21 Psalms 10:9,10 55:21 64:4-6 83:3,4 Isaiah 7:5-7 Ezekiel 38:10,11 Revelation 12:1-5,15

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

go

1 Samuel 23:22,23 2 Samuel 17:14 1 Kings 19:2 Job 5:12,13 Psalms 33:10,11 Proverbs 21:30 Lamentations 3:37 1 Corinthians 3:19,20

that

26:48,49 2 Samuel 15:7-12 2 Kings 10:18,19 Ezra 4:1,2 Psalms 12:2,3 Psalms 55:11-15 Proverbs 26:24,25 Jeremiah 41:5-7 Luke 20:20,21

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

the star

2 Psalms 25:12 Proverbs 2:1-6 8:17 2 Peter 1:19

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

they rejoiced

Deuteronomy 32:13 Psalms 67:4 105:3 Luke 2:10,20 Acts 13:46-48 Romans 15:9-13

And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

they saw

Luke 2:16,26-32,38

worshipped

2 4:9,10 14:33 Psalms 2:12 95:6 John 5:22,23 Acts 10:25,26 Revelation 19:10 Revelation 22:8-10

presented

or, offered.

Genesis 43:11 1 Samuel 10:27 1 Kings 10:2,10 Psalms 72:10,15 Isaiah 60:6

frankincense

Exodus 30:23,34 Leviticus 2:1,2 6:15 Numbers 7:14,86 Psalms 45:8 Malachi 1:11 Revelation 5:8

And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

warned

22 1:20 27:19 Genesis 20:6,7 31:24 Job 33:15-17 Daniel 2:19

they departed

Exodus 1:17 Acts 4:19 5:29 1 Corinthians 3:19

And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

the angel

19 1:20 Acts 5:19 10:7,22 12:11 Hebrews 1:13,14

Arise

10:23 Revelation 12:6,14

until

19,20 Joshua 3:13,17 4:10,18 Daniel 3:25,26 Acts 16:36

for

16 Exodus 1:22 2:2,3 Job 33:15,17 Acts 7:19 Revelation 12:4

When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:

20,21 1:24 Acts 26:21

And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

until

19 Acts 12:1-4,23,24

that

17,23 1:22 4:14,15 8:17 12:16-18 21:4 26:54,56 27:35 Luke 24:44 John 19:28,36 Acts 1:16

Out

Exodus 4:22 Numbers 24:8 Hosea 11:1

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.

when

Genesis 39:14,17 Numbers 22:29 24:10 Judges 16:10 Job 12:4

was exceeding

Proverbs 27:3,4 Daniel 3:13,19,20

and slew

Genesis 49:7 2 Kings 8:12 Proverbs 28:15,17 Isaiah 26:21 59:7 Hosea 10:14 Revelation 17:6

according

Verse 18

In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

Rama

Jeremiah 31:15

Ramah

lamentation.

Jeremiah 4:31 9:17-21 Ezekiel 2:10 Revelation 8:13

Rachel

Genesis 35:16-20

would

Genesis 37:30,33-35 42:36 Job 14:10

But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

Herod

Psalms 76:10 Isaiah 51:12 Daniel 8:25 11:45

an

13 1:20 Psalms 139:7 Jeremiah 30:10 Ezekiel 11:16

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.

arise

13 Proverbs 3:5,6

for

Exodus 4:19 1 Kings 11:21,40 12:1-3

And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

Genesis 6:22 Hebrews 11:8

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:

he was

Genesis 19:17-21 1 Samuel 16:2 Acts 9:13,14

being

12 1:20 Psalms 48:14 73:24 107:6,7 121:8 Isaiah 30:21 48:17,18

into

3:13 Luke 2:39 John 7:41,42,52

And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.

Nazareth

John 18:5,7 19:19 Acts 2:22

He shall

26:71 Numbers 6:13 Judges 13:5 1 Samuel 1:11 Psalms 69:9,10 Isaiah 53:1,2 Amos 2:10-12 John 1:45,46 Acts 24:5