Herod the Great

Herod the Great was king of Judea, Galilee, Samaria, and Idumea. He was the father of Herod Archelaus 123:0.5

He was the father of Herod Antipas; he built the port of Caesarea; he died 4 B.C. 121:2.11

In the Urantia Book

He was a native of Idumea (121:2.9)

• The Maccabean palace was the usual residence of Herod the Great's family in Jerusalem 185:4.1
• He ruled Judea under the distrust of the Jews, since Herod was not a Jew; in fact, although he professed his loyalty to the Hebrew ceremonial, he built many temples to foreign gods 121:2.9-10

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Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Nazareth chosen as home 123:0.5 — Mt 2:22-23.
• Herod's feelings 185:4.1 — Lk 23:8.
• Herod the King 121:2.9 — Mt 2:1; Lk 1:5a.

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