What year did King Herod die?

Answer 1

We are not told how he died but the following is but a brief report on him.

The Herodian family were Idumaeans by birth, but had become converts to the Jewish faith. Their object was to found, under the protection of Rome, a semi-independent kingdom. By his marriage with Mariamne Herod the Great allied himself with the family of the Maccabees, who had been for several generations the leaders of the patriotic party among the Jews. Herod was a successful ruler and was on terms of friendship with Augustus, the Roman Emperor. In order to gain favor with his subjects, with whom he was most unpopular, he rebuilt the temple at an immense cost. (See Temple of Herod.) His reign was disgraced by many acts of cruelty. In a fit of jealousy he had his wife, whom he dearly loved, put to death; later on he had her two sons Alexander and Aristobulus, also murdered. In the same year in which he gave the order for the massacre of the infants at Bethlehem, he had Antipater, another of his own sons, put to death. A few months later Herod himself died. (This writing may be attributed to Josephus).

Answer 2

of natural causes. i am reading the article about him in this months national geographic, check it out. it is telling me things i did not know before. they found his tomb last year.

Answer 3

We don't know for certain, but scholars think he was about 70 years old. We know he died in 4 BC and sources say that he was born about 74 BC.

Answer 4

4 B.C. (Four BC) is the traditional consensus, but some scholars argue that he died shortly after the total lunar eclipse on January 10, 1 B.C.