Herod II

Herod II
Prince of Judea
Bornc. 27 BC
Died33/34 AD
SpouseHerodias
IssueSalome
DynastyHerodian dynasty
FatherHerod the Great
MotherMariamne (third wife of Herod)

Herod II (c. 27 BC – 33/34 AD)[1][2] was the son of Herod the Great and Mariamne II, the daughter of Simon Boethus the High Priest, and the first husband of Herodias, daughter of Aristobulus IV and his wife Berenice. For a brief period he was his father's heir apparent, but Herod I removed him from succession in his will. Some writers call him Herod Philip I (not to be confused with Philip the Tetrarch, the son of Cleopatra of Jerusalem, whom some writers call "Herod Philip II"), as the Gospel of Matthew[3] and Gospel of Mark[4] state that Herodias was married to a "Philip". Because he was the grandson of Simon Boethus, he is sometimes also called Herod Boethus, but there is no evidence he was actually thus called during his lifetime.[5]

  1. ^ Kokkinos (1999), The Herodian Dynasty, p. 237
  2. ^ Nelson, Thomas (1996) Nelson's Complete Book of Bible Maps and Charts p. 290
  3. ^ Matthew 14:3
  4. ^ Mark 6:17
  5. ^ Florence Morgan Gillman, Herodias: at home in that fox's den (Liturgical Press, 2003) p. 16.