Bible Question: How many herods are there mentioned in the bible and In what verses ? |
Bible Answer: Greetings Aray! According to page 1367 of the Zondervan NASB Study Bible: 1st Generation - Herod the Great (King of Judea, Galilee, Iturea, Traconitis - 37-4 B.C.) - Birth of Jesus (Matt. 2:1-19; Luke 1:5) 2nd Generation - Herod Philip II (mother: Cleopatra, Tetrach of Iturea and Traconitis - 4 B.C. - A.D. 34) - Luke 3:1 2nd Generation - Archelaus (mother: Malthace, Governor of Judea, Idumea and Samaria - 4 B.C. - A.D. 6) - When Mary and Joseph left Egypt, they avoided Judea and settled in Nazareth (Matt. 2:19-23) 2nd Generation - Herod Antipas (mother: Malthace, Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea (4 B.C. - A.D. 39) - Luke 3:1) - Second husband of Herodias. He put John the Baptist to death (Matt. 14:1-12; Mark 6:14-29); Pilate sent Jesus to him (Luke 23:7-12) 2nd Generation - Herod Philip I (mother: Mariamne)- He did not rule. First husband of Herodias (Matt. 14:3; Mark 6:17) - d.c. A.D. 34 3rd Generation - Herod Agrippa I - King of Judea (A.D. 37-44) Killed James; put Peter into prison. Struck down by an angel (Acts 12:1-24) 3rd Generation - Herodias - married her uncle Herod Philip I, and then a second uncle, Herod Antipas (Matt. 14:3; Mark 6:17) 4th Generation - Drusilla - married Felix, governor of Judea (A.D. 52-59); Felix tried Paul (Acts 24:24) 4th Generation - Herod Agrippa II - King of Judea - Paul makes a legal defense before him (Acts 25:13 - 26:32) 4th Generation - Bernice - with her brother at the time of Paul's defense (Acts 25:13) 4th Generation - Salome - daughter of Herodias and Herod Philip I. Danced for the head of John the Baptist (Matt. 14:1-12; Mark 6:14-29) * Material quoted from the Zondervan NASB Study Bible, pg. 1367, copyright 1999 by the Zondervan Corp. Blessings to you, Makarios |