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Herod the Great. Herod I[ 2][ 3][ a] or Herod the Great ( c. 72 BCE – c. 4 BCE) was a Roman Jewish client king of the Herodian Kingdom of Judea. [ 4][ 5][ 6] He is known for his colossal building projects throughout Judea. Among these works are the rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and the expansion of its base [ 7][ 8][ 9] —the ...
Malthace. Herod Antipas ( Greek: Ἡρῴδης Ἀντίπας, Hērǭdēs Antipas; c. 20 BC – c. 39 AD) was a 1st-century ruler of Galilee and Perea. He bore the title of tetrarch ("ruler of a quarter") and is referred to as both "Herod the Tetrarch" [ 1] and "King Herod" [ 2] in the New Testament [ 3]. He was a son of Herod the Great and a ...
Massacre of the Innocents. The Massacre (or Slaughter) of the Innocents is a biblical story, while mainstream Bible scholars consider it a myth, [ 2] recounted in the Nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew ( 2:16 – 18) in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children who are two years old and under in ...
Herod Archelaus ( Ancient Greek: Ἡρῴδης Ἀρχέλαος, Hērōidēs Archelaos; 23 BC – c. AD 18) was the ethnarch [ 1][ 2] of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea, including the cities Caesarea and Jaffa, for nine years [ 3] ( c. 4 BC to AD 6 ). He was the son of Herod the Great and Malthace the Samaritan, brother of Herod Antipas, and half ...
Jesus at Herod's Court, by Duccio, c. 1310. Jesus at Herod's court refers to an episode in the New Testament which describes Jesus being sent to Herod Antipas in Jerusalem, prior to his crucifixion. [ 1] This episode is described in Luke 23 ( 23:7–15 ). [ 2][ 3][ 4][ 5]
Herodian tetrarchy. The Herodian tetrarchy was a regional division of a client state of Rome, formed following the death of Herod the Great in 4 BCE. The latter's client kingdom was divided between his sister Salome I and his sons Herod Archelaus, Herod Antipas, and Philip. [ 1][ 2] Upon the deposition of Herod Archelaus in 6 CE, his ...
The Herodians ( Greek: Ἡρώδειοι; Latin: Herodiani) were a sect of Hellenistic Jews mentioned in the New Testament on two occasions – first in Galilee, and later in Jerusalem – being hostile to Jesus ( Mark 3:6, 12:13; Matthew 22:16; cf. also Mark 8:15, Luke 13:31–32, Acts 4:27 ). In each of these cases their name is coupled with ...
Herod II. Herod II (c. 27 BC – 33/34 AD) [ 1][ 2] was the son of Herod the Great and Mariamne II, the daughter of Simon Boethus the High Priest, and the first husband of Herodias, daughter of Aristobulus IV and his wife Berenice. For a brief period he was his father's heir apparent, but Herod I removed him from succession in his will.