Strictly speaking, Herod never ruled Israel, as that kingdom ceased to exist in 722 BCE, centuries before his time.
Rome made Herod tetrarch of Palestine in 41 BCE, but he lost his teritory to the Parthians in 40 BCE. In 38 BCE, he became king of Idumea and Samaria, but not Judea or Galilee. In 37 BCE, he recaptured Jerusalem, thereby including Judea in his kingdom. The Romans transferred some territories out of his control, then back again, until by 30 BCE his territorial boundaries were stabilised.
King Herod died in April 4 BCE. He had been a king since 38 BCE, a reign of about 34 years. He had ruled Jerusalem and Judea since 37 BCE.
He was born on King Herod's reign.
Jesus was born during the reign of King Herod.
He expanded the 2nd Beis Hamikdash (2nd Temple).
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Had the Roman abbot Dionysus Exiguus been correct, it would now be 2009 years since the death of King Herod the Great. He knew that it was impossible to say when Jesus was born, but he knew, or thought he knew, when Herod died. So, he devised the new Christian calendar to begin on the year of Herod's death. He based the date of Herod's death on the reign of the Roman emperor Augustus, but was unaware that Augustus only adopted that name four years after his reign began, going by his birth name of Octavius until then. So, Exiguus commenced his calendar just 4 years too late.
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According to Matthew 2:1 Jesus was born in the reign of King Herod, known as Herod the Great, who died in 4 BC. According to Luke 2:2, on the other hand, Jesus was born when Cyrenius or Quirinius was governor of Syria, which happened in 6 AD, ten years later.
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.
King Herod was born in 73 BCE
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