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The prophet who foretold the slaughter years earlier was Joel.

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Was jesus king herods son and was his mother herods daughter?

No this is not correct as Jesus was the son of Joseph and Mary and not Herod and not even Herods daughter.


What is the message of prophet Joel?

The name or the book? According to tradition, the book of Joel prophesied a vast swarm of locusts and called upon the Israelites to repent. The locusts overran the land as predicted. Others have commented that the four kinds of locusts to which he refers hint to the four kingdoms (Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome) to whose rule the Israelites would be subjected.


How many herod was there?

There were four Herods


Which James was killed by herods sword?

james potter


What was the name of Herod's niece who was given the head of John the Baptist as a reward for her dancing?

It was not Herods niece who danced but Herods own daughter Salome. She and her mother asked for Johns head on a platter as John told Herod it was wrong to marry your brothers wife.


Did Saint Joanna have a husband?

It was Chuza, the steward in Herods court.


How many Herods mentioned in the New Testament?

Herod was the name of the family ruling Palestine immediately before and to some degree immediately after Christ's birth. The most prominent family member was Herod son of Antipater. Other Herods named in the New Testament include the following:Agrippa IAgrippa IIDruscillaBerniceHerod PhilipHerodiasSalome


What was the name og king herods wife?

First wife Doris who he divorced. Second wife Mariamne, a Hasmonaean princess he married for political advantage.


Do Jews make notice of Herods killing of the Holy Innocence?

Firstly, the question is incorrect - I think it was meant to be, "does Herod's killing of the innocents matter in the Jewish faith?" No. It is recorded in the New Testament, but I suspect there is a mention in the rabbinical commentaries - as there is on many things both religious and mundane. You may want to research into those. Jews see Jesus - Yeshua - as a prophet, not the messiah (unless one is a messianic jew!).


What are facts about King Herod?

There are actually several King Herods. There were all part of a lineage that were part Jewish and part Roman. King Herod the Great was the most famous.


How was James Jesus brother killed by the Romans?

Acts 12:1+2 tells us 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."The Herods, though working for Rome, were Edomites.


Why did salome demand john the bapist head?

In a plot with her mother Salome danced for king Herod and ,And herod promised her that he would give her anything, so the two, jointly decided to ask for the head f John the baptist on a silver plate. As John criticized Herods wife for her marriage .