Archelaus
But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the
room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither:
notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned
aside into the parts of Galilee:...
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(23 BC – c. 18 AD) was the ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and
Edom from 4 BC to 6 AD. He was the son of Herod the Great and
Malthace, the brother of Herod Antipas, and the half-brother
of Herod Philip I.
Archelaus received the kingdom of Judea by the last will of
his father, though a previous will had bequeathed it to his
brother Antipas. He was ...
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A ruler of Judaea (a son of Herod the Great)
Mt 2:22...
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ar-ke-la'-us (Archelaos, Mt 2:22): Son of Herod the Great by
his wife Malthace. He succeeded on his father's death to the
government of Judea, Samaria and Idumaea, but was deposed by
the Romans for misgovernment in 6 AD....
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(prince of the people), son of Herod the Great by a
Samaritan woman, Malthake, and, with his brother Antipas
brought up at Rome. At the death of Herod (B.C. 4) his kingdom
was divided between his three sons, Herod Antipas, Archelaus
and Philip. Archelaus never properly bore the title of king,
Mt 2:22 but only that of ethnarch. In the tenth yea...
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ruler of the people, son of Herod the Great, by Malthace, a
Samaritan woman. He was educated along with his
brother Antipas
at Rome. He inherited from his father a third part of
his
kingdom viz., Idumea, Judea, and Samaria, and hence is
called
"king" (Matt. 2:22). It was for fear of him that
Joseph and Mary
turned aside on their way back f...
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Son of Herod the Great by Malthake, a Samaritan. Brought up
at Rome with his brother Antipas. Originally Herod excluded
him from any share in his dominions, because of his elder
brother Antipater's accusations. But at Herod's death the
kingdom, by a change in the will, was divided between his
three sons, Antipus, Archelaus, and Philip. Archela...
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