Jesus referred to Herod as 'that fox'.
Yes there was a pupet king when Jesus was born his name was Herod.
Herod Antipas the son of Herod the Great was king of Judea.
King Herod :)
The king who sought to take the life of the baby Jesus was King Herod the Great.
The biblical Bad Guy was I believe Herod Antipas. The song about him in the (jesus Christ superstar) is disgusting and blasphemous. It"s Herod not Herrod, they would be pronounced the same.
They did not have names back then as we do now. For example, Jesus was known as Jesus of Nazareth. Thus, to identify people, often they used the town they came from. As far as King Herod, he was most commonly known as Herod the Great.
When Jesus was born there wasn't an emperor, there was a king, and his name was Herod. He hated Jesus because he thought Jesus had come to steal his throne.
Rev 19:16 And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
The Jews didn't call Jesus by any name that means king as he would not have been qualified to have been a king by the fact of his lack of lineage.
It is generally thought that king Herod died from a very painful kidney infection called Fournier Gangrene with perhaps complications from the skin disease, scabies. These theories are based upon the descriptions of the ancient writer, Josephus.
Herodotus.
In the second chapter of Matthew (The Gospel of), it is explained the King Herod (who was appointed by Rome, and was not a King of authentic Israeli heritage) called for "the wise men" who had come to follow up on a prophecy (actually several, concerning the birth of the Messiah, who was later known to be Jesus). The wise men (or some representatives) discussed the prophecies in some unknown limited scope. Herod may have followed up with others concerning the details of these prophecies. The orders to kill the infants were apparently contrived to assure the death of the Messiah, which of course we know simply failed. Obviously Herod believed in prophecy only as much as many modern skeptics, thinking he could bend their final outcome. Herod is mentioned in the other of the 3 synoptics (3 of the 4 Gospel accounts are called this due to much overlapping information, or perhaps more because the fourth Gospel is so distinct in its style). Herod's name does not appear in the Gospel of John.