* Alexander, Judean Prince, one of the sons of Herod the Great from his wife Mariamne

This however resulted in that year not corresponding with the lifetimes of historical figures reputed to be alive, or otherwise mentioned in connection with the Christian incarnation, e. g. Herod the Great or Quirinius.

4 BC ( Death of Herod the Great )

* Cleopatra of Jerusalem ( 1st century BC ), wife of Herod the Great

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 ).

It was one of the world's first health resorts ( for Herod the Great ), and it has been the supplier of a wide variety of products, from balms for Egyptian mummification to potash for fertilizers.

King Herod the Great built or rebuilt several fortresses and palaces on the western bank of the Dead Sea.

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 the Great considerably enlarged the temple ( see Herod's Temple ), making it one of the largest religious structures in the world.

In 40 – 39, Herod the Great was appointed King of the Jews by the Roman Senate, and in 6 CE the last ethnarch of Judea was deposed by the emperor Augustus and his territories were combined with Idumea and Samaria and annexed as Iudaea Province under direct Roman administration.

However, according to other historical accounts Machaerus was rebuilt by Herod the Great around 30 AD and then passed to Herod Antipas.

Remains from Herod the Great | Herod's palace

One of these forts, built at the entrance to Wadi Qelt, was later refortified by Herod the Great, who named it Kypros after his mother.

His writings provide a significant, extra-Biblical account of the post-Exilic period of the Maccabees, the Hasmonean dynasty, and the rise of Herod the Great.

He refers to the Sadducees, Jewish High Priests of the time, Pharisees and Essenes, the Herodian Temple, Quirinius ' census and the Zealots, and to such figures as Pontius Pilate, Herod the Great, Agrippa I and Agrippa II, John the Baptist, James the brother of Jesus, and a centuries-long disputed reference to Jesus ( for more see Josephus on Jesus ).

* 2007 – Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.

According to Josephus, a 1st-century Jewish Roman historian, Herod the Great fortified Masada between 37 and 31 BC as a refuge for himself in the event of a revolt.

Approximately 27 BCE, the city was rebuilt by Herod the Great who named it Sebaste after the emperor Augustus.

Herod the Great visited Sidon.

The Latin spelling Sabaoth combined with the golden vines over the door on the Herodian Temple ( built by the Idumean Herod the Great ) led to the purportedly false identification by Romans with the god Sabazius.

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 the Great builts an armory, barracks, storehouses and a palace.

* Herod the Great builds a palace in Jerusalem and the fortress Herodian in Judaea.

His sons, Herod Archelaus becomes the new ruler of Judea.

Herod Antipas becomes tetrarch of Galilee and Perea.

Likewise, when the similarly minded Claudius becomes emperor, he is convinced by Valeria Messalina and Herod to preserve his powers, for much the same reason.

With Herod gone and the law restored, Cort becomes the new Marshal of the town as Lady rides off into the sunset.

Herod becomes paranoid that the child will threaten his throne, and seeks to kill him ().

In Demonstration ( 74 ) Irenaeus reinforced his view that Jesus was at least 45 with the statement " For Herod the king of the Jews and Pontius Pilate, the governor of Claudius Caesar, came together and condemned Him to be crucified.

The queen of Egypt lent him the money he needed for the army, and after capturing Jerusalem and surrounding areas in 37 BC, he installed Herod as puppet king of Judaea, replacing the Parthian appointee Antigonus.

* Herod the Great, king of Judea

* Agrippa I, king of Judaea, successfully accuses Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee and Perea, of conspiracy against Caligula.

* Herod the Great, Client king of Judea

** Herod the Great, client king of Judea ( b. 73 BC )

In that day, Herod the king committed violence against some who belonged to the church.

* Herod the Great ( c. 74 – 4 BC ), client king of Judaea who rebuilt the Second Temple ( in Jerusalem ) into Herod's Temple

* Herod Agrippa I ( c. 10 BC – AD 44 ), client king of Judaea, called " King Herod " or " Herod " in Acts 12 of the New Testament

* Herod of Chalcis, also known as Herod III, king of Chalcis ( AD 41 – 48 )

* Mariamme, executed wife of king Herod the Great ( or 29 BC ) ( b. 48 BC )

* Mariamme, executed wife of king Herod the Great ( or 28 BC ) ( b. 48 BC )

Herod (, Hordos, Greek:, Hērōdēs ), also known as Herod the Great ( born 73 or 74 BCE, died 4 BCE in Jericho ), was a Roman client king of Judea.

The Massacre of the Innocents was an episode of infanticide and gendercide by Herod the Great, the king of Iudaea Province.

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

" When he Augustus heard that among the boys in Syria under two years old whom Herod, king of the Jews, had ordered to kill, his own son was also killed, he said: it is better to be Herod's pig, than his son.

He is the king named Herod in the Acts of the Apostles, in the Bible, " Herod ( Agrippa )" ().

Following Tiberius ' death and the ascension of Agrippa's friend Caligula, Agrippa was set free and made governor first of the territories of Batanaea and Trachonitis that his cousin Herod II had held, then of the tetrarchy of Lysanias, with the title of " king ".

Further evidence is the identification of the ruler in Acts 12: 1 as " Herod the king ", since Agrippa I is the only Herod who would have had authority in Jerusalem at that time.