| | '''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. |