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Herod

Herod the Great was the Roman-appointed king of Judea who ruled during the time of Jesus' birth.

The name Herod means “son of a hero”

MaleKing Herod the Great: RulerCanaanNew Testament eraNew Testament3 books12 verses

Summary

A king of Judah living at the time of the New Testament, first mentioned at Matthew 2:1; only referred to as Herod (Ἡρώδης); father of Ethnarch Herod Archelaus, Herod Antipas I, Herod Philip I, Herod Philip II.

Events

Dates are approximate

Glossary entries

Herod, Herodian Family

Family members

Children

Archelaus Herod Philip Philip

Alternative names

Mentions

Includes 1 verse that refer to Herod without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

  1. Matthew 2:1
    After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
  2. Matthew 2:3
    When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
  3. Matthew 2:7
    Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.
  4. Matthew 2:8Referred to, not named
    And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”
  5. Matthew 2:12
    And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.
  6. Matthew 2:13
    When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
  7. Matthew 2:15
    …where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
  8. Matthew 2:16
    When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
  9. Matthew 2:19
    After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.
  10. Matthew 2:22
    But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
  11. Luke 1:5
    In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron.
  12. Acts 23:35
    …he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.