I thought I would start a catalogue of some of the characters in the book with links taken straight from the net:
Herod was born 73 BCE as the son of a man from Idumea named Antipater and a woman named Cyprus, the daughter of an Arabian sheik. Antipater was an ...
Herod the Great stopped at nothing to keep his throne as king of Israel. He murdered his wives and sons and schemed to kill the baby Jesus. Learn how an ...
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Herod, byname Herod the Great, Latin Herodes Magnus (born 73 bc—died March/April, 4 bc, Jericho, Judaea), Roman-appointed king of Judaea (37–4 bc), who ...
- King Herod the great, Herod temple
- Herod the Great - The Free Dictionary
www.thefreedictionary.com/Herod+the+Great
Noun, 1. Herod the Great - king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in ...
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Herod, also known as Herod the Great, was a Roman client king of Judea. His epithet of "the Great" is widely disputed as he is described as "a madman who murdered his own family and a great many rabbis."
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