PALESTINE UNDER THE HERODS (3)

(Message by Tanny Keng)

1. Map and Timeline of Palestine under Herod the Great and his sons

23 B.C.  a) Herod Archelaus, the son of Herod the Great and Malthace the Samaritan, is born.

before 20 B.C. a) Herod Antipas (Antipater), the son of Herod the Great and Malthace the Samaritan, is born.

20 B.C. a) Herod, desirous of gaining the favor of the Jews, begins work to restore and expand Jerusalem's temple, which had laid unfinished for about five hundred years.

10 B.C. a) Agrippa I (known as Herod Agrippa in the New Testament), son of Aristobulus IV and grandson of Herod of Great, is born.

c. 4 B.C.  a) Herod the Great dies in Jericho and is buried in Herodium, Judea. After his death Roman Emperor Augustus divides up his kingdom among some of his sons: i) Herod Archelaus is made Ethnarch (a title of rule that is less than a king) of Samaria, Idumea (Edom) and a large part of Palestine. He rules from 4 B.C. to 6 A.D. when the Judea province is formed and put under direct Roman rule. Archelaus lives until c. 18 A.D. ii) Herod Antipas is made tetrarch of Galilee and Perea. He rules from 4 B.C. to 39 A.D. It was this Herod who, as the New Testament records, not only arrested and beheaded John the Baptist but also played a part in the crucifixion of Jesus. iii) Philip the Tetrarch (often referred to as Herod Philip II) is the son of Herod and his fifth wife named Cleopatra of Jerusalem. He is the half-brother of Antipas and Archelaus. Rome gives him the northeast part of Herod the Great's kingdom, which includes Batanea, Auranitis and Trachonitis. He rules from 4 B.C. to 34 A.D.

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