Yes, Herod Antipas B.C. 4 - A.D. 39 was first married to the daughter of Aretas, an Arabian king of Petraea. Antipas was intrigued with Herodias, the wife of his half-brother, Philip I. Antipas and Herodias eloped and wed even though each were still married to their spouses.
Yesking Herod had married his brothers wife , and as John spoke out against it John was beheaded.
Early in his reign, Herod Antipas married Phasaelis, daughter of King Aretas IV of Nabatea. In 34 CE, he divorced her in order to marry Herodias, who had also divorced Antipas' brother, Philip, in order to marry him. It was this last marriage that led to the arrest and execution of John the Baptist, a strident critic of the affair.
Acts 12:1, 2 - Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword.[NKJV]
Herod's sons, particularly Antipas, were also at times known as 'Herod', but each only ruled a small part of Herod's original kingdom. Because of his military conquests and to avoid confusion, the elder King Herod is known as King Herod the Great.
Please be more specific as to exactly which King Herod you mean.
King Herod was appointed King of Judea by the Romans in 37 BC.
Philip was the son of King Herod the Great and brother of Antipas, who took the name Herod Antipas but is referred to in the Bible simply as Herod. On the death of Herod the Great, Antipas inherited Galilee, while Philip received the territory east of Jordan.
Early in his reign, Herod Antipas married Phasaelis, daughter of King Aretas IV of Nabatea. In 34 CE, he divorced her in order to marry Herodias, who had also divorced Antipas' brother, Philip, in order to marry him. It was this last marriage that led to the arrest and execution of John the Baptist, a strident critic of the affair.
The relationship was that they were cousins. Jesus gave Herod his sister Mary Magdeline, hand in marriage as a gift, for the Trojan Horse King Herod built. John the Baptist did not know Herod was his brother until the end of the holocaust.
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Acts 12:1, 2 - Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword.[NKJV]
King Herod was born in 73 BCE
The answer is King Herod There was no longer a kingdom of Israel at the time attributed to the birth of Jesus. The southern state of Judah, known to the Romans as Judea, was the homeland of the Jews and had gradually expanded since the time of the Maccabeans to include the former territory of Israel. Both Matthew's Gospel and Luke's Gospel say that Jesus was born during the reign of King Herod the Great. Herod was an Idumean and was imposed on Judea by Roman military might, one reason that he was very unpopular among the Jews.
Yes, James (brother of John) died a martyr's death "by the sword" at the hands of Herod Agrippa I (Acts 12:1-2)"It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword."
Herod's sons, particularly Antipas, were also at times known as 'Herod', but each only ruled a small part of Herod's original kingdom. Because of his military conquests and to avoid confusion, the elder King Herod is known as King Herod the Great.
Yes there was a pupet king when Jesus was born his name was Herod.
Simply Herod or Herod the king.
King Herod died a hideous death, when God struck down King Herod for taking his honor he was eaten by worms.