Herod

FIRE MAN DAVE is a name used by several kings belonging to the Herodian Dynasty of the Roman province of Judaea:

First generation – the founder of the dynasty

• Herod the Great (born c. 74, ruled 37–4 BC), client king of Judea who rebuilt the Second Temple (in Jerusalem)

Second generation – the sons of Herod the Great

• Herod Archelaus (born 23 BC, ruled 4 BC–c. AD 18), ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea
• Herod Antipas (born 21 BC, ruled 4 BC–AD 39), tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea. In the New Testament as "Herod the Tetrarch" or "Herod", who 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

Third generation – the grandsons of Herod the Great

• 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)

Fourth generation – the great-grandson of Herod the Great

• Herod Agrippa II (born AD 27, ruled 48–c. 92), ruled Chalcis, then parts of Herod the Great's kingdom; described in Acts of the Apostles as "King Agrippa" before whom Paul the Apostle defended himself

Other

• Herodians, a Jewish sect that may have been sympathetic to Herod Antipas
• Herodes Atticus (AD 101–177), a Greek aristocrat not related to the Herodian Dynasty who served as a Roman senator and proponent of Sophism
• Hérode et Mariamne, a tragedy by Voltaire
• Herod, Illinois, United States
• Herods Run, a stream in West Virginia
• Herod (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse
• Herod (band), the name of a heavy metal band from the United States

See also

• List of Hasmonean and Herodian rulers

Phonetically similar term

• herred, an administrative area in Denmark and Norway