King Herod (12:1). The NT uses the name “Herod” for a variety of members of the Herodian dynasty. Here the king is Herod Agrippa I, son of Aristobulus IV and grandson of Herod the Great. He had influential friends in Rome, including the emperors Caligula and Claudius, and eventually he was appointed king over Judea, Samaria, Galilee, Perea, Iturea, and Trachonitus, regions almost as vast as those ruled by his famous grandfather. He was well liked by
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