Herod the Great
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The stunning artifacts were found in the area of a sacred compound built by King Herod the Great more than two millennia ago.
From Fox News • Dec. 7, 2018
Jesus and his family leave exile in Egypt and return to Judea after the death of Herod the Great.
From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2016
Not far away, on the rocky plateau of Masada, Herod the Great built palaces for himself, and in 73 BC, 960 Jewish zealots committed suicide en masse rather than submit to Roman rule.
From Slate • Sep. 17, 2013
He writes of how the Gospel of Matthew claims that Jesus was born when Herod the Great ruled in Judea.
From Time • Nov. 22, 2012
Archelaus, who by the will of his father, Herod the Great, had been named king of the Jews, set out for Rome to ask of the emperor the confirmation of his royal status.
From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward
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