en_tn_condensed/mat/02/16.md

General Information:

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

Connecting Statement:

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

he had been mocked by the learned men

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

He sent and slew all the male children

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

slew

This word is the past tense of "slay."

two years old and under

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

according to the time

"based on the time"