Matthew 2:7

Then Herod ¹  privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared.

Then Herod sent a private message to the wise men, asking them to come see him. At this meeting he learned the exact time when they first saw the star.

Herod then arranged a secret meeting with the scholars from the East. Pretending to be as devout as they were, he got them to tell him exactly when the birth-announcement star appeared.

Then Herod sent for the wise men privately, and put questions to them about what time the star had been seen.

Then Herod secretly called for the wise men and learned from them the exact time when the star had appeared.

Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, determined from them what time the star appeared.

Then Herod ¹  privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.

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