02 The Family of Herod
The Family of Herod
WE find the name of Herod in various parts of the Gospels and the Acts. It is important to notice that they do not all relate to the same person; " Herod " being a name common to several. Those named in scripture may be traced from the following pedigree. See HISTORY OF THE JEWS following:-
1 Herod the Great, d. B.C. 4. Married |
Doris. | Mariamne Granddr. of Hyrcanus. | Mariamne Dr of Simon | Malthace A Samaritan | Cleopatia |
Antipater | Aristobulus m. Berenice | 2 Philip I. m. Herodias | 3 Herod Antipas m. dr. of Aretas, m. Herodias, deposed A.D. 39 | 5 Philip II. m. Salome, d. A.D. 33. | |
4. Archelaus Deposed A.D. 6. |
6 Herod Agrippa I. m. Cypros, d. A. D. 44 | 7 Herodias m. Herod Philip I. m. Herod Antipas. | Herod, King of Chalcis, m. Mariamne, dr. of Olympias, m. Berenice, d. A. D. 48. | ||
8 Agrippa II d. A.D. 100 | 9 Berenice m. Herod, K. of Chalcis, m. Polemo, K. of Cilicia. | 10 Drusilla, m. Aziz, King of Emesa, m. Felix |
No. 1 is mentioned as Herod the king in Matthew 2:1-22; Luke 1:5.
No. 2 is called Philip in Matthew 14:3; Mark 6:17; Luke 3:19.
No. 3 is called Herod the Tetrarch in Matthew 14:1-6; Luke 3:1-19; Luke 9:7; Acts 13:1; the king, Matthew 14:9; King Herod, Mark 6:14-22; Herod, Luke 23:7-15.
No. 4, Archelaus in Matthew 2:22.
No. 5, Philip, tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, Luke 3:1.
No. 6, Herod the King, Acts 12:1-25 No. 7, Herodias, Matthew 14:3-6; Mark 6:17-22; Luke 3:19.
No. 8, King Agrippa, Acts 25:13; Acts 26:1-32.
No. 9, Berenice, Acts 25:13; Acts 26:30.
No. 10, Drusilla, Acts 24:24.