Matthew 2:22

But when he heard that Archelaus ¹  was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, ²  he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee.

Ge 19:17-21; 1Sa 16:2; Ps 48:14; Ps 73:24; Ps 107:6,7; Ps 121:8; Isa 30:21; Isa 48:17,18; Mt 1:20; Mt 2:12; Mt 3:13; Lu 2:39; Joh 7:41,42,52; Ac 9:13,14

¹ sn Archelaus took after his father Herod the Great in terms of cruelty and ruthlessness, so Joseph was afraid to go there. After further direction in a dream, he went instead to Galilee.

² sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1.