In Matthew's Gospel, Egypt is where Mary and Joseph escaped to to get away from King Herrod because he wanted to kill every new born baby at the time.
Luke provides a different nativity story in which Jesus is not taken to Egypt, but to Jerusalem, where Matthew's Gospel would place him in the greatest danger from Herod, and then to Nazareth.
Yes, according to the Bible, Jesus and his family fled to Egypt to escape King Herod's massacre of infants, making Jesus a refugee during that time.
When word got out that King Herod was after Jesus and his family, they escaped to Egypt. Jesus was thought to be the King of Kings and Herod thought of him as a threat.
Yes there was a pupet king when Jesus was born his name was Herod.
In the bible the king who was ruling Bethleham was king Herod.
Jesus referred to Herod as 'that fox'.
Mary and Joseph fled to Egypt with Jesus, so Africa.
King Herod lived in Judea at the time of Jesus' birth.
When Jesus was born king Herod was king.
Shortly after Jesus was born, his family fled to Egypt to escape King Herod who wanted to kill Jesus because he felt he was a threat to his power after Jesus was called "The King of Kings".
King Herod's sons were named Herod Antipas, Herod Archelaus, Herod Philip, Herod Agrippa I, and Herod Agrippa II.
Although it said Egypt, it is believed that the land of Goshen or the Sinai Peninsula is where Joseph, Mary and Jesus escaped.
Herod was king at the time of jesus .