Herod+the+Great

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[|Christian] scripture reports Herod perpetrating the [|Massacre of the Innocents], described in Chapter 2 of the [|Gospel according to Matthew].[|[3]]Most recent biographers of Herod do not regard the massacre as an actual historical event.[|[4]]
 * Herod** ([|Hebrew]: הוֹרְדוֹס‎ //Horodos//, [|Greek]: //Ἡρῴδης Hērōdēs//), also known as **Herod I** or **Herod the Great** (37 BC – 4 BC in [|Jericho]), was a[|Roman] [|client king] of Israel.[|[1]] Described as "a madman who murdered his own family and a great many rabbis,"[|[2]] he is commonly confused with his son [|Herod Antipas], also of the [|Herodian dynasty], who was ruler of [|Galilee] (4 BC - 39 AD) during the time of [|John the Baptist] and[|Jesus of Nazareth]. **Herod the Great** is known for his colossal building projects in Jerusalem and other parts of the ancient world, including the rebuilding of the [|Second Temple] in [|Jerusalem], sometimes referred to as [|Herod's Temple]. Some details of his biography can be gleaned from the works of the 1st century AD Roman-Jewish historian [|Josephus Flavius].