Educated men in a land to the east of Israel saw a star which indicated to them that a great ruler would be born.
Matthew 2 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
These wise men, sages, astronomers, studied the sky and believed a great ruler would be born. They may have came from the area which is currently Iran or Iraq. The prophet Daniel once held positions of power among the wise men of what was then Babylon and Persia. We know little of why these men believed the star foretold a Kings birth. But they followed the star to Jerusalem.
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