0 According to the gospel of Matthew, was Jesus born in a house or a manger?

Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 2 Samuel 12:11

Trivia: David enslaved one-third of the Moabites. What did he do with the remaing two-thirds?

According to the gospel of Matthew, was Jesus born in a house or a manger?


In a house

And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him. Matthew 2:1
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, 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. ... And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him. Matthew 2:1

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