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Reign · Between the Testaments37 BC

Herod the Great is made king of Judea

Dated from the sources quoted below

True span4004 BC – AD 100
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Matthew 2:1Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,Luke 1:5There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
Opening words from the World English Bible (public domain); the passage list is in-house

Who and where

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How we know the date

ISBE's Old Testament chronology (1915) gives 37 BC.

Written in-house from the sources below · every year is a quotation

The sources, word for word

“Herod became king of Judea in 37 BC.”

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT · gives 37 BC

Sources