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This enlarged province was ruled by a prefect until the year 41 CE. As to Herod's other sons, Herod Antipas was tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea from Herod's death to 39 CE when he was deposed and exiled; Philip became tetrarch of territories north and east of the Jordan, namely Iturea, Trachonitis, Batanea, Gaulanitis, Auranitis and Paneas, [91 ...
The Massacre (or Slaughter) of the Innocents is a story 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 the vicinity of Bethlehem. [2]
It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. [4] Heinrich Meyer suggests that these events took place in 44 AD, [5] the year of the death of Herod Agrippa, at the same time as the prophets from Jerusalem travelled to Antioch and returned with aid for the Judean church. [6] J. R.
Following that vision, St. James returned to Judea, where he was beheaded by King Herod Agrippa I in the year 44 AD during a Passover. Herod then proceeded to arrest St. Peter (Nisan 15) (Acts 12:1–3). St. James the Apostle (1612-1613) 44: The death of Herod Agrippa I(Last king of Judea) occurred when an angel of the Lord struck him down ...
March or April – Herod the Great, king of Judea (b. 73 BC); [4] some authors date his death to 1 BC (see Date of Herod's death). Antipater, Jewish heir and son of Herod the Great; Malthace, Jewish woman and wife of Herod the Great; Marcus Porcius Latro, Roman rhetorician; Marcus Tullius Tiro, Roman writer, freedman of Cicero
Although they were not officially recognized by Rome as ethnarch or tetrarchs until after Herod's death, they nevertheless appear to have reckoned their reigns from 6t BC. [32] After the death of Herod the Great, Augustus confirmed the testament of the dead king by making Antipas tetrarch of Galilee and Perea, a region he ruled for 42 years. [33]
After the banishment of Herod Antipas in 39 CE Herod Agrippa I became also ruler of Galilee and Perea, and in 41 CE, as a mark of favour by the emperor Claudius, succeeded the Roman prefect Marullus as King of Iudaea. With this acquisition, a Herodian Kingdom of the Jews was nominally re-established until his death in 44 CE though there is no ...
As the last remaining Hasmonean, Hyrcanus was too dangerous a rival for Herod. In the year 30 BCE, charged with plotting with the King of Arabia, Hyrcanus was condemned and executed. During King Herod's reign, the last male representatives of the Hasmoneans were eliminated, while only Herodias remained alive with