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The grandson of [[Text:EBD:Herod the Great|Herod the Great]], and son of [[Text:EBD:Aristobulus |Aristobulus]] and [[Text:EBD:Bernice|Bernice]]. The Roman emperor Caligula made him [[Text:EBD:Governor|governor ]] first of the territories of [[Text:EBD:Philip|Philip]], then of the [[Text:EBD:Tetrarch|tetrarchy ]] of [[Text:EBD:Lysanias|Lysanias]], with the title of [[Text:EBD:King|king ]] ("king Herod"), and finally of that of [[Text:EBD:Antipas|Antipas]], who was banished, and of [[Text:EBD:Samaria |Samaria]] and [[Text:EBD:Judea|Judea]]. Thus he became ruler over the whole of [[Text:EBD:Palestine|Palestine]]. He was a persecutor of the early [[Text:EBD:Christian|Christians]]. He slew [[James|James]], and imprisoned [[Text:EBD:Peter |Peter]] (Acts 12:1-4). He died at [[Text:EBD:Caesarea|Caesarea]], being "eaten of worms" (Acts 12:23), A.D. 44. (Comp. Josephus, Ant. xix. 8.)

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