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those who sought the child's life

Here "sought the child's life" is a way of saying they wanted to kill the child. "Alternate translation: "those who were looking for the child in order to kill him" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism)

those who sought

This refers to King Herod and his advisors.