Herod

Family of Herod

Key verses about Herod

• Matthew 2:1

  Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

• Matthew 2:3

  When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

• Matthew 2:7

  Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.

• Matthew 2:13

  And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

• Matthew 2:16

  Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.

• Luke 1:5

  There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

Timeline of Herod's life