Herod 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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5. Herod Archelaus:
Herod Archelaus was the oldest son of Herod the Great by
Malthace, the Samaritan. He was a man of violent temper,
reminding one a great deal of his father. Educated like all
Archelaus the Herodian princes at Rome, he was fully
familiar with the life and arbitrariness of the Roman court.
In the last days of his father's life...
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(Matt. 2:22), the brother of Antipas (q.v.)....
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