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Mt 2:8 Strong Concordance And [2532] he sent [3992] them [846] to [1519] Bethlehem [965], and said [2036], Go [4198] and search [1833] diligently [199] for [4012] the young child [3813]; and [1161] when [1875] ye have found [2147] him, bring [518] me [3427] word again [518], that [3704] I may come [2064] and worship [4352] him [846] also [2504].
  King James And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently--"Search out carefully."

for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also--The cunning and bloody hypocrite! Yet this royal mandate would meantime serve as a safe conduct to the strangers.
 
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3 The eyes [05869] of the LORD [03068] are in every place [04725], beholding [06822] the evil [07451] and the good [02896].
31 And the people [05971] believed [0539]: and when they heard [08085] that the LORD [03068] had visited [06485] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and that he had looked [07200] upon their affliction [06040], then they bowed their heads [06915] and worshipped [07812].
3 And Abram [087] fell [05307] on his face [06440]: and God [0430] talked [01696] with him, saying [0559],
2 Saying [3004], Where [4226] is [2076] he that is born [5088] King [935] of the Jews [2453]? for [1063] we have seen [1492] his [846] star [792] in [1722] the east [395], and [2532] are come [2064] to worship [4352] him [846].