Herod the Great

Cultural  

1. The king of Judea in the first century b.c., Herod ordered the Massacre of the Innocents. His son, Herod Antipas, was responsible for the beheading of John the Baptist at the behest of Herod's stepdaughter, Salome.

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Example Sentences

It so happened that I began reading Martin Goodman’s “Herod the Great” in early 2025 to review it for the Common Reader journal at Washington University in St. Louis.

From The Wall Street Journal

The holiest place where Jews are allowed to pray in Jerusalem, it was built more than 2,000 years ago by Herod the Great.

From Reuters

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

Herodium, where the ring was found, was built by Herod the Great, a client king of the Roman Empire, and is the site of his tomb.

From New York Times

It was home to the Jewish temples of antiquity but all that remains above ground is a restraining wall for the foundations built by Herod the Great.

From Reuters