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Herodias (/ həˈroʊdiəs /; Greek: Ἡρῳδιάς, Hērōidiás; c. 15 BC – after AD 39) was a princess of the Herodian dynasty of Judaea during the time of the Roman Empire. [1] Christian writings connect her with the execution of John the Baptist. The daughter of Aristobulus IV and his wife Berenice, Herodias was a full sister to Herod ...
Herodias (died after 39 ce) was the wife of Herod Antipas, who was tetrarch (ruler of a minor principality in the Roman Empire) of Galilee, in northern Palestine, and Peraea, east of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea. She conspired to arrange the execution of John the Baptist. Her marriage to Herod Antipas (himself divorced), after her divorce ...
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However, Herodias's marriage to Herod II did not last. She left him to marry another uncle, Herod Antipas, who was the tetrarch of Galilee and Perea. This marriage was both politically and personally scandalous, as it violated Jewish laws against marrying a brother's wife while the brother was still alive (Leviticus 18:16; 20:21).
Herod ordered the strangulation of two of his sons, Aristobulus and Alexander, in c. 7 BC. Philip and Herodias were engaged to be married when Philip was 20 and Herodias was 8. They probably were married when Herodias was about 15, so when Antipas was in Rome with Herodias and Philip, Philip was in his early 50’s, Antipas was 46 and Herodias ...
Jan 4, 2022 · Answer. Herodias in the Bible is notorious for being the woman who desired John the Baptist’s head on a platter. She was the unlawful wife of the tetrarch Herod Antipas and had formerly been the wife of Herod’s brother, Philip. As the granddaughter of Herod the Great, Herodias was herself a niece to both of her husbands, Philip and Antipas.
Herodias was born around 14 bce, the daughter of Aristobulus and Berenice, and the granddaughter of Herod the Great. She first married (around 4 ce) her paternal half-uncle, Herod Philip I (the son of Herod the Great and his wife Mariamne II). By Herod Philip I, Herodias gave birth to the famous Salome III (of. seven veils fame).
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Herodias. HERODIAS hĭ rō’ dĭ əs (̔Ηρῳδιάς, G2478). The woman who as the wife of Herod Antipas contrived the death of John the Baptist (Matt 14:3-12; Mark 6:17-29; Luke 3:19, 20). Herodias was the daughter of Aristobulus, son of Herod the Great (see Herod), the full sister of Herod, king of Chalcis, and of Agrippa I.
