4 Now when the magians reached Jerusalem the people were amazed, and wondered who they were and why they came.
5 And when they asked, Where is the child that has been born a king? the very throne of Herod seemed to shake.
6 And Herod sent a courtier forth to bring the magians to his court.
7 And when they came they asked again, Where is the new born king? And then they said, While yet beyond the Euphrates we saw his star arise, and we have come to honor him.
8 And Herod blanched with fear. He thought, perhaps, the priests were plotting to restore the kingdom of the Jews, and so he said within himself, I will know more about this child that has been born a king.
9 And so he told the magian priests to tarry in the city for a while and he would tell them all about the king.
10 He called in council all the Jewish masters of the law and asked, What have the Jewish prophets said concerning such a one?
11 The Jewish masters answered him and said, The prophets long ago foretold that one would come to rule the tribes of Israel; that this Messiah would be born in Bethlehem.
12 They said, The prophet Micah wrote, O Bethlehem Judea, a little place among the Judean hills, yet out of you will one come forth to rule my people, Israel; yea, one who lived in olden times, in very ancient days.
13 Then Herod called the magian priests again and told them what the masters of the Jewish law had said; and then he sent them on the way to Bethlehem.