Herod kills the Children Matthew 2:16-18 Then Herod when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men became furious and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem  and he sent and killed all that region who were two years old or  under according to the time he had ascertained from the wise men. Then was fulfiled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah: A voice was heard in Ramah weeping and loud lamention Rachel weeping for her children she refused to be comforted because they are no more.