By what means did Herod seek to destroy Christ?

Answer

"Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth and sent forth, and
slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under."
Matt. 2: 16.
 


What was God's design in thus giving the Scriptures?
How thoroughly will the effects of sin he removed?
Under what striking emblem was He prophesied of by Balaam?
To whom did God commit the care and early training of His only begotten Son?
When God brought His people out of Egypt, how did He republish His law?
To whom does the Sabbath belong?
Who witnessed the laying of the foundations of the earth?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle