| Bible Dictionary: Innocents, Massacre or Slaughter of the |
The slaughter of all male children of two years of age or younger in Bethlehem after the birth of Jesus. Herod the Great ordered the massacre to kill the infant who was prophesied to become king of the Jews. Jesus escaped death because his family fled to Egypt.
 | Who foretold the massacre of innocents? |
| What is massacre of the innocents based on? |
| Which book of the new testament contains the slaughter of the innocent? |
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 | Bible Dictionary. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved. Read more |
