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Herod killed all male lineal successors of the Hasmoneans. The Pharisees had long attacked the Hasmoneans as well, as having parentage from Greeks while under bondage. This racial slur was repeated by the Pharisees through the rule of Alexander Jannaeus and Queen Salome. [6]
- 4 BCE – 6 CE
- Malthace
Copper Coin of Herod Archelaus. Obverse: ΗΡΩΔΟϒ. A bunch of grapes and leaf. Reverse: ΕΘΝΑΡΧΟΥ. A helmet with tuft of feathers: in field to left a caduceus. (After Madden, "History of Jewish Coinage.") Archelaus thus attained the crown with little difficulty at the early age of eighteen.
Herod’s Death and Successor. Herod died in 4 BCE. (Both Hillel and Shamai outlived him.) When he died his son, Archelaus, ascended to the throne. He would rule for ten years. Unfortunately, he inherited all of the bad habits of his father and almost none of the minor redeeming ones.
Jun 6, 2016 · Herod had changed his will many times due to his paranoia and the murder of some of his sons. During his fatal illness in 4 BC, he had another change of heart about his successor and revised his will one last time to appoint his eldest surviving son, Herod Archaelaus, as king of Judaea.
Jan 1, 2021 · One of the chief reasons for supposing that Herod died in 4 B.C. is that his sons who succeeded him appear to have begun their reigns in that year.
Dec 1, 1999 · In 6-7 A.D., King Herod's son and successor, Herod Archelaus, was dethroned and banished to Vienna, a city in Gaul. Archelaus was the second son of Herod the Great. 6 The older son, Herod Antipater, was murdered by Herod the Great, along with other family members.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ARCHELAUS. ar-ke-la'-us (Archelaos, Matthew 2:22 ): Son of Herod the Great by his wife Malthace. He succeeded on his father's death to the government of Judea, Samaria and Idumaea, but was deposed by the Romans for misgovernment in 6 A.D. See HEROD. Greek. 745.