The Wise Men arrived years later.
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
I had to look this up but you're right.
Mat 2:1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem,
They came after Jesus was born.
Mat 2:11 And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrr
He's in a house and is now a young child and not a babe...
Mat 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men.
As much as two years old apparently.
I was trying to be funny with regards to the wise men. Around this time at my old church for Sunday school with the 5th graders and above we would read passages and then have a “quiz”.
How many wise men? (No number is given. We always think of three guys to go along with the three gifts. Probably had a huge caravan to support the wise men.)
Wise men came years later (like you wrote - Herod said to kill two years and younger.)
I forget the other things, but there were about 15 questions like that. It was a good way to separate out what the Bible states and what we have come up with over the years in songs, movies, traditions, etc.