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When you read the New Testament, you often come across the name Herod. There were different rulers called Herod who formed part of the background history of Jesus and the New Testament. This is the story …
King Herod the Great
The name Herod does not refer to one king but to a family line of rulers installed and sustained by Rome. We first read the name Herod in the New Testament at the start of Matthew and Luke. Luke sets the birth of John the Baptist “during the time when Herod was king of Judea” (Luke 1:5), and Matthew tells us that “Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea, during the time when Herod was king” (Matthew 2:1).
This Herod, later known as Herod the Great, meets the visiting wise men, or Magi, hears of a “king of the Jews,” and fears a potential rival. Disturbed by the prophecy of a Messiah, he orders the slaughter of all the boys under 2 years old in and around Bethlehem (Matthew 2:16).
Herod died in Jericho around 4 BC (some argue for 1 BC) and was buried at Herodium, where a tomb widely identified as his was discovered in 2007. After his death, he became known as Herod I or Herod the Great, to distinguish him from the other Herods who followed, but during his lifetime he was simply “King Herod.”
Division of the kingdom
Continued below.
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King Herod the Great
The name Herod does not refer to one king but to a family line of rulers installed and sustained by Rome. We first read the name Herod in the New Testament at the start of Matthew and Luke. Luke sets the birth of John the Baptist “during the time when Herod was king of Judea” (Luke 1:5), and Matthew tells us that “Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea, during the time when Herod was king” (Matthew 2:1).
This Herod, later known as Herod the Great, meets the visiting wise men, or Magi, hears of a “king of the Jews,” and fears a potential rival. Disturbed by the prophecy of a Messiah, he orders the slaughter of all the boys under 2 years old in and around Bethlehem (Matthew 2:16).
Herod died in Jericho around 4 BC (some argue for 1 BC) and was buried at Herodium, where a tomb widely identified as his was discovered in 2007. After his death, he became known as Herod I or Herod the Great, to distinguish him from the other Herods who followed, but during his lifetime he was simply “King Herod.”
Division of the kingdom
Continued below.
Who were all the Herods in the New Testament?
When you read the New Testament, you often come across the name Herod There were different rulers called Herod who formed part of the background history of Jesus and the New Testament This is the
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