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3 days ago · 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.
3 days ago · The installation of Herod the Great (an Idumean) as king in 37 BCE made Judea a Roman client state and marked the end of the Hasmonean dynasty. Even then, Herod tried to bolster the legitimacy of his reign by marrying a Hasmonean princess, Mariamne , and planning to drown the last male Hasmonean heir at his Jericho palace.
Jul 19, 2024 · Herod Antipas (born 21 bce —died after 39 ce) was the son of Herod I the Great who became tetrarch (ruler of a minor principality in the Roman Empire) of Galilee, in northern Palestine, and Peraea, east of the Jordan River and Dead Sea, and ruled throughout Jesus of Nazareth’s ministry.
Jul 11, 2024 · The Herod to which the “Herod’s Palace” refers is King Herod the Great. Since Herod Antipas was only Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea and NOT king of the Roman province of Judea, he would only be in Jerusalem for certain events such a Passover.
Jul 6, 2024 · History has seen the rise and fall of countless tyrants, but there are very few whose names have become as infamous as that of Herod the Great, King of Judea. Those familiar with the Bible...
4 days ago · When Jesus was born, all of Jewish Palestine—as well as some of the neighbouring Gentile areas—was ruled by Rome’s able “friend and ally” Herod the Great. For Rome, Palestine was important not in itself but because it lay between Syria and Egypt, two of Rome’s most valuable possessions. Rome had legions in both countries but not in Palestine.
Jul 11, 2024 · The Three Wise Men (or Magi) who traveled from afar in search of a newborn king alarmed King Herod the Great. This irascible ruler of Judea was very easily threatened; he’d even had some of his own family members killed out of fury and suspicion.
