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

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

Tischendorf is inclined to think that Herod was celebrating not his birthday but his accession, which took place on the death of Herod the Great about ten days before the Passover, which in a.u.c.

From Pastor Pastorum by Latham, Rev. Henry