Herod the king and the citizens of the capital city reacted differently to the news of the one 'born King of the Jews'. They were very disturbed by it.

Herod was so furious when the wise men did not inform him of the child's exact whereabouts that he killed all the children 2 years old and younger in the whole of Bethlehem and the surrounding districts - but God had already warned Joseph to flee from the area.