| | [[Image:Herod_coin1.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Copper coin of Herod, bearing the legend "Basileus Herodon" on the obverse and a Macedonian sun-symbol on the reverse]] | | [[Image:Herod_coin1.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Copper coin of Herod, bearing the legend "Basileus Herodon" on the obverse and a Macedonian sun-symbol on the reverse]] |
| − | [[Herod]] (Hebrew: הוֹרְדוֹס, Hordos; [[Greece|Greek]]: ἡρῴdης, Hērōdēs) (74-r. 37-d. 4 BC), also known as ''Herod the Great'', was the "King of the Jews" during the time of the Birth of [[Jesus Christ]].<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 5050-6082ff.</ref> He is best remembered for ordering the Slaughter of the Innocents during his reign, and dying shortly thereafter of a [[gastrointestinal disease]], the nature of which has never been determined for certain. | + | [[Herod]] (Hebrew: הוֹרְדוֹס, Hordos; [[Greece|Greek]]: ἡρῴdης, Hērōdēs) (74-r. 37-d. 4 BC), also known as ''Herod the Great'', was the "King of the Jews" during the time of the Birth of [[Jesus Christ]].<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 5050-6082ff.</ref> He is best remembered for ordering the Slaughter of the Innocents during his reign, and dying shortly thereafter of a gastrointestinal disease, the nature of which has never been determined for certain. |