Herod

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Herod may refer to:

People of the Herodian dynasty

• Herod the Great (born c. 74 BC, ruled 37–4 BC or 1 BC), client king of Judea who expanded the Second Temple in Jerusalem and in the New Testament orders the Massacre of the Innocents
• Herod Archelaus (23 BC–c. AD 18, ruled 4 BC–AD 6), ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea
• Herod Antipas (born 21 BC, ruled 4 BC–AD 39), tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea and in the New Testament orders the death of John the Baptist and mocks Jesus
• Philip the Tetrarch or Herod Philip II, (born c. 20 BC, ruled 4 BC–AD 34), tetrarch of Iturea, Trachonitis, and Batanaea
• Herod II or Herod Philip I (c. 27 BC–33 AD), father of the Salome in Mark 6:21-29, did not rule over any territory
• Herod Agrippa (born c. 11 BC, ruled AD 41–44), client king of Judaea, called "King Herod" or "Herod" in Acts 12 of the New Testament
• Herod of Chalcis (died AD 48), also known as Herod II or Herod V, king of Chalcis (r. AD 41–48)
• Herod Agrippa II (born AD 27, ruled 48–c. 92), ruled Chalcis and described in Acts of the Apostles as "King Agrippa" before whom Paul the Apostle defended himself

Other

• Herod, Illinois, United States
• Hérode et Mariamne, a tragedy by Voltaire
• Herods Run, a stream in West Virginia
• Herod (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse
• Herod (band), a heavy metal band from the United States
• Averitt-Herod House, historic house in Hartsville, Tennessee, U.S.
• Like Herod, a song by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai

See also

• Harrod (disambiguation)
• Herodes Atticus (AD 101–177), a Greek aristocrat not related to the Herodian Dynasty who served as a Roman senator and proponent of Sophism
• Herred
  , an administrative area in Denmark and Norway
• Herodian (disambiguation)
• Herrod (disambiguation)
• Orodes (disambiguation)

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