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Herod died in Jericho, [19] after an unidentified but excruciatingly painful, putrefying illness, known to posterity as "Herod's Evil". [b][65][66] Josephus states that the pain of his illness led Herod to attempt suicide by stabbing, and that the attempt was thwarted by his cousin. [67]
First, Herod had died in a most dramatic fashion. Josephus states that a loathsome disease descended upon the ruler as a judgment from God on account of his sins. He describes the horrible details —burning fever, ulcerated entrails, foul discharges, convulsions, stench, etc. ( Antiquities 17.6.5).
How did Herod the Great die? Herod the Great died of natural causes in 4 BCE. His cause of death is debated, but it is known that he was in both mental and physical disorder in his final years and that he suffered from arteriosclerosis .
King Herod the Great, the bloody ruler of ancient Judea, died from a combination of chronic kidney disease and a rare infection that causes gangrene of the genitalia, according to a new...
King Herod the Great died on Sunday 14 Jan 1AD. Josephus records that the Jews established a festival to celebrate Herod’s death. And another historian records a list of Jewish Holy, Feast and Festivals, listing one on 2 Shevat for Herod. 2 Shevat in 1AD is 14 Jan, follows the 29 Dec 1BC eclipse by 18 days.
Physicians have long debated what caused King Herod’s death, but there is no doubt (or disagreement) that his demise was a horrid one. Many would say it was also well-deserved. We know the king’s symptoms in some detail from the first-century Jewish historian Josephus.
Historians believe King Herod the Great died in 4 B.C. based on the testimony of Emil Schurer. But recent research strongly indicates that date is wrong.
The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus reported that Herod the Great died of a painful and debilitating disease that caused breathing problems, convulsions, rotting of his body, and worms. Herod reigned 37 years. His kingdom was divided by the Romans among his three sons.
By now, though, the ageing king was suffering severe health problems which affected his internal organs, and he died in 4 BCE. Herod was buried in a purpose-built tomb on the slopes of the Herodium. In 2007 CE this tomb was excavated, but the sarcophagus within it was damaged and empty.
Herod died in 4 B.C.E. at his winter palace in Jericho. The 25-mile procession from the throne room in Jericho where the king’s body lay to his tomb in Herodium became the organizing concept for the Israel Museum’s Herod the Great—The King’s Final Journey.