Herod
Herod is a name used by several kings belonging to the Herodian Dynasty of the Roman province of Judaea:
- First generation – the founder of the dynasty
- Herod the Great (born c. 74, ruled 37–4 BC), client king of Judea who rebuilt the Second Temple (in Jerusalem)
- Second generation – the sons of Herod the Great
- Herod Archelaus (born 23 BC, ruled 4 BC–c. AD 18), ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea
- Herod Antipas (born 21 BC, ruled 4 BC–AD 39),[1] tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea. In the New Testament as "Herod the Tetrarch" or "Herod", who orders the death of John the Baptist and mocks Jesus
- Philip the Tetrarch or Herod Philip II, (born c. 20 BC, ruled 4 BC–AD 34),[2] tetrarch of Iturea, Trachonitis, and Batanaea
- Herod II or Herod Philip I (c. 27 BC–33 AD), father of the Salome in Mark 6:21-29; did not rule over any territory
- Third generation – the grandsons of Herod the Great
- Herod Agrippa (born c. 11 BC, ruled AD 41–44), client king of Judaea, called "King Herod" or "Herod" in Acts 12 of the New Testament
- Herod of Chalcis (died AD 48), also known as Herod II or Herod V, king of Chalcis (r. AD 41–48)
- Fourth generation – the great-grandson of Herod the Great
- Herod Agrippa II (born AD 27, ruled 48–c. 92), ruled Chalcis, then parts of Herod the Great's kingdom; described in Acts of the Apostles as "King Agrippa" before whom Paul the Apostle defended himself
Other
- Herodians, a Jewish sect that may have been sympathetic to Herod Antipas
- Herodes Atticus (AD 101–177), a Greek aristocrat not related to the Herodian Dynasty who served as a Roman senator and proponent of Sophism
- Hérode et Mariamne, a tragedy by Voltaire
- Herod, Illinois, United States
- Herods Run, a stream in West Virginia
- Herod (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse
- Herod (band), the name of a heavy metal band from the United States
See also
Phonetically similar term
- herred, an administrative area in Denmark and Norway
References
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