Egypt is identified in the Bible as the place of refuge that the Holy Family sought in its flight from Judea: " When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod the Great, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt I called My Son " ( Matthew 2: 12 – 23 ).

The Bible describes Jesus ' tomb as being outside the city wall, as was normal for burials across the ancient world, which were regarded as unclean, but the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is in the heart of Hadrian's city, well within the Old City walls, which were built by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in 1538 Some have claimed that the city had been much narrower in Jesus ' time, with the site then having been outside the walls ; since Herod Agrippa ( 41 – 44 ) is recorded by history as extending the city to the north ( beyond the present northern walls ), the required repositioning of the western wall is traditionally attributed to him as well.

The context of this reference is the 36 AD defeat of Herod Antipas in his conflict with Aretas IV of Nabatea, which the Jews of the time attributed to misfortune brought about by Herod's unjust execution of John.

The 36 AD date of the conflict with Aretas IV mentioned by Josephus is, however, consistent ( and shortly after ) the approximate date of the marriage of Herod Antipas and Herodias estimated by other historical methods.

The marriage of Herod Antipas and Herodias is mentioned both in Josephus and in the gospels, and scholars consider Josephus as a key connection in establishing the approximate chronology of specific episodes related to John the Baptist.

Louis Feldman has stated that there is " no necessary contradiction between Josephus and the gospels as to the reason why John was put to death " in that the Christians chose to emphasize the moral charges while Josephus emphasized the political fears that John stirred in Herod.

Justin Meggitt states that there are fundamental similarities between the Josephus ' portrayal of John the Baptist and the New Testament narrative in that in both accounts John is positioned as a preacher of morality, not as someone who had challenged the political authority of Herod Antipas.

In his play En Idealist, for example, the " hero " is King Herod whose fight to maintain power is the motive behind all of his acts until he is at last defeated by a show of kindness to the Christ child in a weak moment.

" For instance, Jesus ' escape from the slaughter by Herod in Bethlehem is compared to Moses ' escape from Pharaoh's designs to kill Hebrew infants.

The tetrarchy of Judaea, established after the death of Herod the Great, is the most famous example of the antique tetrarchy.

Vespasian is remembered by Josephus, in his Antiquities of the Jews, as a fair and humane official, in contrast with the notorious Herod the Great whom Josephus goes to great lengths to demonize.

* Herod Archelaus, ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea, is deposed and banished to Vienne in Gaul.

Emperor Tiberius orders his governor of Syria, Vitellius, to capture or kill Aretas, but he is reluctant to support Herod and abandons his campaign upon Tiberius ' death in 37.

Here Cambyses is made the legitimate son of Cyrus and a daughter of Apries named Nitetis ( Herod.

* After the death of Herod the Great, there is unrest in his kingdom.

Herod the Great becomes king of Judea and Ananelus is installed as High Priest, both positions seized from Antigonus II Mattathias after a five-month siege.

The historicity of the episode is disputed: it is " an open question that probably can never be definitively decided ", however according to Paul Maier " most recent biographers of Herod ... deny it entirely ".

The King, Herod the Great, directs them to Bethlehem, and asks them to let him know who this king is when they find him.

Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.

Gentile government was strengthened by the city's refoundation under Herod the Great ( r. 37 – 4 BC ), when it had taken on the name of Augustus Caesar.

Herod was succeeded in Judea by his son, Archelus, who built an adjacent village in his name, Archelais, to house workers for his date plantation ( Khirbet al-Beiyudat ).

* Herod ( band ), the name of a heavy metal band from the United States

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Herod was interested in perpetuating his name for all eternity through building projects, and his construction program was extensive.

Antigonus, whose Hebrew name was Mattathias, bore the double title of king and High Priest for only three years, as he had not disposed of Herod, the most dangerous of his enemies.

According to Mark 6: 21-29 ( Salome is not mentioned by name in this passage so reference is incomplete ), Salome was the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas.

The name " Salome " is given to the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas ( unnamed in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark ) in Josephus's Jewish Antiquities ( Book XVIII, Chapter 5, 4 ): Herodias, [...], was married to Herod, the son of Herod the Great, who was born of Mariamne, the daughter of Simon the high priest, who had a daughter, Salome ; after whose birth Herodias took upon her to

Herod was the first husband of Herodias, and because the Gospel of Mark states that Herodias was married to Philip, some scholars have argued that his name was actually Herod Philip.

Herod was but fifteen years old and quickly made a name for himself to the contention of the Jews.

* According to the History of Free Masonry, Volume 6, Heredia is a name derived from Herod the Great and his Herodian Kingdom.

* According to researcher Flavius Josephus, heredium was a name given to a costly citadel in memory of Herod's great actions, as Herod " adorned it with the most costly palaces, and erected very strong fortifications " ( The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, page 48 ).

* Karabas or Carabas ( Greek: Καραβᾶς ) is the name of an idiot mentioned by Philo in his Flaccus, part of an incident in Alexandria in AD 38, mocking the Jewish king Herod Agrippa I.

Details enriching the story in later Christian mythology include providing a name for the dance, and describing the purpose of the dance as being to inflame King Herod with incestuous desire so that he would grant Salome her desire, for the head of the Baptist.

* Berenice ( daughter of Herod Agrippa I ) is mentioned in the New Testament where her name is spelt " Bernice ".

In Wars of the Jews, 1, 21, 10, Josephus mentions two different fortresses built by King Herod and given the same name, Herodium.

Herod's son, Herod Antipas was made Tetrarch, or governor, in 1 CE, and proclaimed the city's new name to be Autocratis, or the " Ornament of the Galilee.

The name refers to St. Peter's imprisonment under Herod Agrippa in Jerusalem.

It was named after Herod Archelaus's Tetrarchy of Judea, of which it was an expansion, the latter name deriving from the Kingdom of Judah of the 6th century BCE.

None of these things are implausible but the name Herod for example is a common name for an aristocratic Jew, and the association of Christians with donkeys is well documented such as the belief that Christians worship an ass ’ head.

They were used as stables by the Crusaders, but were built by Herod the Great – along with the platform they were built to support.

Tertullus before Antonius Felix makes the first recorded use of the plural " Nazarenes " ( the plural form of the Iesous ho Nazoraios " Jesus of Nazareth ") to refer to Christians, though the use of the term " Christians " is already used at Antioch, and, somewhat ironically, by Herod Agrippa II in the next trial of Paul before Porcius Festus.

The title Nazarenes, " men from Nazareth ," is first applied to the Christians by Tertullus (), though Herod Agrippa II () uses the term " Christians " which had first been used at Antioch ().

The diplomacy and artful politics of Antipater, as well as his insinuation into the Hasmonean court, paved the way for the rise of his son Herod the Great, who used this position to marry the Hasmonean princess Mariamne, endear himself to Rome and become king of Judea under Roman influence.

He gives four examples of its use: it is used of ‘ Herod ’ s instruction that the wise men should search diligently ’ for the child Jesus, it is used to ‘ describe Luke ’ s detailed knowledge of the gospel from the very first ’), and the ‘ careful picking of his steps to which the believer is exhorted by Paul ’, and ‘ of the complete dossier of evidence concerning the Lord ’ s return possessed by the Thessalonians.

While the terms used for the Roman emperor are Kaisar Augustos ( Decree from Caesar Augustus, Dogma para Kaisaros Augoustou, Luke 2: 1 ) or just Kaisar ( see Render unto Caesar ...) and Pontius Pilate is called Hegemon ( Matthew 27: 2 ), Herod is Basileus ( in his coins also Basileôs Herodou and by Josephus )

Brown notes that the then, when construction is used throughout Matthew to indicate a change of scene as in this case where the narrative moves from the Holy Family to King Herod.

Josephus probably used this work for his history of Herod ( Ant.

It was destroyed by Pompey's general Gabinius in 57 BC, but later rebuilt by Herod the Great in 30 BC to be used as a military base to safeguard his territories east of the Jordan.