King Herod was the KING of Judea. At the time of Herod, Judea was not a Roman province but an independent allied kingdom, with the king (Herod) installed by Rome.
King Herod was the KING of Judea. At the time of Herod, Judea was not a Roman province but an independent allied kingdom, with the king (Herod) installed by Rome.
King Herod was the KING of Judea. At the time of Herod, Judea was not a Roman province but an independent allied kingdom, with the king (Herod) installed by Rome.
King Herod was the KING of Judea. At the time of Herod, Judea was not a Roman province but an independent allied kingdom, with the king (Herod) installed by Rome.
King Herod was the KING of Judea. At the time of Herod, Judea was not a Roman province but an independent allied kingdom, with the king (Herod) installed by Rome.
King Herod was the KING of Judea. At the time of Herod, Judea was not a Roman province but an independent allied kingdom, with the king (Herod) installed by Rome.
King Herod was the KING of Judea. At the time of Herod, Judea was not a Roman province but an independent allied kingdom, with the king (Herod) installed by Rome.
King Herod was the KING of Judea. At the time of Herod, Judea was not a Roman province but an independent allied kingdom, with the king (Herod) installed by Rome.
King Herod was the KING of Judea. At the time of Herod, Judea was not a Roman province but an independent allied kingdom, with the king (Herod) installed by Rome.
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King Herod was the KING of Judea. At the time of Herod, Judea was not a Roman province but an independent allied kingdom, with the king (Herod) installed by Rome.
King Herod was born in 73 BCE in Judea. Herod's mother was an ethnic Arab and his father was an Edomite. When Rome made Herod a client king, many Jews resented it. Although Herod was raised as a Jew, his alliance with Rome led many of his Jewish subjects despise him. Many Jews considered Herod an "outsider" and a "half Jew".
The emperor Augustus annexed Judea to the Roman Empire in 6 AD (two years after the death of king Herod the Great) not because he wanted to tighten control over Judea, but because the Judeans had asked him to do so. Prior to this, Judea was client kingdom of Rome (a kingdom which was independent, but subordinated to Rome). Herod's Kingdom of Judea was wider than Judea. Augustus was in good term with Herod and let him rule as he saw fit, even though his rule was tyrannical and he was held in contempt by this people. Herod had made six wills in this life. In the fifth will, Herod had named his youngest son Herod Antipas as his heir. Just before he died, and during a fatal illness, Herod changed his will again and made Antipas' elder brother, Herod Archelaus, king of Judea, Idumea and Samaria and gave Antipas Galilee and Perea with the lesser title of tetrarch (ruler of a quarter). Their half-brother Herod Philip II was given the Golan Heights and areas to the east of the River Jordan. Since Judea was a Roman client kingdom Herod's will had to be ratified by the emperor Augustus. Antipas claimed that the sixth will was not valid due to Herod's ill health and argued that he should have the whole kingdom. His brothers wanted the final will to be honoured. The brothers went to Rome to present the dispute to Augustus, who upheld the final will, but, as a compromise, made Archelaus an ethnarch (leader of an ethnic group, a lesser title) instead of a king. Archelaus violently suppressed a protest, killing 3,000 people. A delegation of Jews went to Rome to ask Augustus to depose Archelaus. Since many people were fed up with the tyrannical Herodian dynasty, there were requests for Rome to take over. Augustus annexed Judea to the Roman Empire and turned into a province under the oversight of the governor of Syria.
After the assassination of Caesar, Cassius went to the east to gather troops from the governors of that area of the empire. He advanced as far as Laodicea in northern Syria. He was preparing to march on Egypt, but when the Second Triumvirate (the alliance between Octavian, Mark Antony and Lepidus) was formed he went to Syrmia, in western Turkey) to join the troops of Brutus. Brutus and Cassius fought Octavian and Mark Anthony in Greece. When he was in Syria, Crassus imposed a tribute of 700 talents of Judea. Herod paid his 100 talents from Galilee. The cities of Gophna, Emmaus, Lydda, and Thamna delayed paying and Crassus enslaved their citizens. He appointed Herod governor of Syria and according to Josephus even promised to make him king of Judea. However, Cassius left for Syria soon afterwards.
According to Scripture :Herod, the king of JudaeaYes..he ruled Jeruselem, according to biblical accounts at Jesus`s birth where he comissioned The Magi to locate this promised child.He was in power while they arrested Jesus whome was in his mid thirties.According to Flavius Josephes he was living in his compound with his sisterwhome encountered several failed marrages.Many Royals under turbulance from the Romans would have allied for their survival.Josephus accounts his sister eventualy married the Pope..King Herold never married.Unless we are speaking about more than one Herold he must have lived to a ripe old age. Ill have to check the dates on that.
"And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee . . ." - Mark 6:21 (King James Version) Hope this helps!<><