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".
No, Jesus was not King Herod's son. Jesus' mother was Mary, who was not related to Herod. Jesus was born in Bethlehem to Mary and Joseph, and Herod the Great was the ruler of Judea at the time of Jesus' birth.
There are actually several King Herods. There were all part of a lineage that were part Jewish and part Roman. King Herod the Great was the most famous.
It was Chuza, the steward in Herods court.
First wife Doris who he divorced. Second wife Mariamne, a Hasmonaean princess he married for political advantage.
There were four Herods
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These days, it could be any nationality. But it arose as a surname around 1050 A.D. in Devon, England.
Dr. King was a citizan of United States, so American.
He was the king of Egypt thought to have reigned 610 BC - 595 BC.
Actually there were several Herods, as Herod didn't refer to just one person, but an entire family. Some of them were Agrippa I, Agrippa II, ANTIPATER I, ANTIPATER II, HEROD THE GREAT, JOSEPH, PHERORAS, ALEXANDER, ARISTOBULUS, HEROD King of Chalcis, AGRIPPA I King of Palestine, AGRIPPA II King of Chalcis, HEROD PHILIP, ARCHELAUS King of Judea.