He was nominally Jewish; a descendant of Idumean converts and in actual practice pretty anti-Semitic.
King Herod was never a Hebrew. He was a Roman.
The Roman emperor Herod ruled over Palestine. ANSWER 2 : King Herod the Great ruled Palestine. WHO ELSE? A KING BLACK DRAGON!?!?! lol jking it was Herod the Great.
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.
King Herod the Great was an Idumean. Idumea was located just to the south of Judea.
Herod Antipas the son of Herod the Great was king of Judea.
Caesar Augustus was the emperor at the time, but Herod was king.
Herod Antipas son of Herod the Great
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.
King Herod the Great .
Herod the Great
AnswerHerod Antipas was the son of King Herod the Great. Herod the Great's father was an Idumean and his mother was a Nabataean. So, Antipas could best be described as a Palestinian of mixed ethnic origins.
If you mean Joanna, the wife of Chusa, King Herod's steward, she was a Hebrew.