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Herod

An imagined, stylized portrait. No one knows what Herod the Great looked like. AI-generated

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King of Judea when Jesus was born. In Matthew he tries to find the child the magi are seeking and orders the killing of Bethlehem's young boys.

See Luke 1:5, Matthew 2:3, Matthew 2:16.

A crown beneath a star marks Herod the Great in the reading view: he was troubled when the magi came asking about the star of a newborn king (Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:3).

Mentioned in 10 verses across 2 books, first in Luke 1:5. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

How artists have pictured him

3 works from different centuries and traditions. Each shows how its time and place imagined Herod the Great, not how he looked.

The Magi before Herod, Manuscript miniature, Codex Aureus of Echternach — **c. 1030–1050** · *The Magi before Herod*. Manuscript miniature, Codex Aureus of EchternachPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons

The Magi before Herod, Stained-glass roundel, France (Musée de Cluny, Paris) — **early 15th c.** · *The Magi before Herod*. Stained-glass roundel, France (Musée de Cluny, Paris)Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

James Tissot, The Magi in the House of Herod, Opaque watercolour, Brooklyn Museum — **1886–1894** · James Tissot, *The Magi in the House of Herod*. Opaque watercolour, Brooklyn MuseumPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons

In these stories

The Nativity and Isaiah 7:14: virgin or young woman?

In the Bible

All 1 verse in Luke, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Luke

Luke 1:5
In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron.

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Events

Events the dataset lists Herod as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

c. 4 BC
Wise Men Visit HerodMatthew 2:1–8 · at Jerusalem
c. 4 BC
Herod slays male childrenMatthew 2:16–18 · at Bethlehem