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Ruler Mentioned in the Bible by name
Herod the great

Time-period: ❼ Jesus - (0-100 e.Kr.)
Born: 72 f.Kr.  (3689 AM*)
Dead: 4 f.Kr.  (3757 AM*) i Jeriko
Age: 68 years
Relationships: Mariamne I (marriage)
Mariamne II (marriage)
Malthace (marriage)
Cleopatra of Jerusalem (marriage)
children (4): Philip Herod II, Herod Archelaus, Herod Antipas, Philip


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*Anno Mundi (latin for year and world) is the jewish way of counting time which puts the genesis of the world at year 3761 BC. This year (2026) is represented by year 5786 in Anno Mundi. This is an approximate number.

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Herod G2264
Ἡρώδης (Herodes)
43 times in NT
Total    43 times

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Matt 2:1
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[Our Western calendar was developed by the monk Dionysius Exiguus in Rome in 525 AD. Before that, time was counted based on major events or different rulers. However, it turned out that he was a few years off with regard to Anno Domini, which means "the year of the Lord" in Latin. Today, most researchers believe that Jesus was born sometime between 8 and 4 BC.]
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea during the reign of King Herod [who reigned from 37 to 4 BC], wise men (astronomers – Gk. magos) from the east (the lands where the sun rises) to Jerusalem.
Matt 2:3
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When King Herod heard this, he was upset (worried, frightened), and all of Jerusalem with him.
Matt 2:7
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Herod then secretly summoned the wise men to find out exactly how long the star had been visible.
Matt 2:12
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After being divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod, they took another route home to their country. [The verb form suggests that the wise men had sought God's guidance and that they received an answer in a dream.]
Matt 2:13
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Now after they [the wise men] had departed, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother under your protection, and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod will search for the child to kill him."
Matt 2:15
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He stayed there until Herod died, so that what the Lord had said through the prophet [Hosea 11:1] might be fulfilled: "Out of Egypt I called my son."
Matt 2:16
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When Herod realized that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was furious (completely lost his temper in rage). He ordered (sent out) that all boys two years old and under in Bethlehem and all its surrounding areas be killed, according to (the exact information about) the time he obtained by carefully questioning the wise men [Matt. 2:7].
Matt 2:19
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When Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.
Matt 2:22
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When he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea after his father Herod, he was afraid to return there [to Bethlehem, just outside Jerusalem, or any other city in Judea]. After being warned in a dream, he withdrew to Galilee.
Luke 1:5
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During the reign of King Herod in Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah. His wife was of the line of Aaron and her name was Elizabeth.
[King David divided the priests into 24 divisions, of which the family of Abijah was one, see 1 Chron. 24:10; Neh. 12:17. In Jesus’ day there were nearly 20,000 priests serving in the temple. Each department performed temple duties for a week, five times during the year. Three of these times were during the great feasts when all the priests served together.]