King Herod the Great: A Short Biography
Doug West
- Do
- you
- want
- to
- learn
- about
- King
- Herod
- but
- don’t
- have
- the
- time
- or
- patience
- to
- read
- a
- thick
- book?
- Then
- this
- short
- and
- concise
- book
- “King
- Herod
- the
- Great:
- A
- Short
- Biography”
- is
- for
- you!!
During
- King
- Herod’s
- life
- he
- has
- been
- credited
- with
- many
- great
- accomplishments
- and
- many
- horrendous
- acts,
- including
- the
- following:
•Prince
- of
- Galilee
- at
- the
- age
- of
- 25,
•Married
- the
- 17-year-old
- Hasmonean
- princess
- Mariamne
- for
- political
- gain,
•Along
- with
- the
- Romans,
- he
- drove
- out
- the
- Parthians
- when
- they
- invaded
- Judea
- and
- the
- region
- in
- 40
- B.C.,
•Killed
- the
- high
- priest
- of
- the
- Jews
- and
- his
- brother-in-law,
- Aristobulus,
•Had
- his
- second
- wife
- Mariamne
- executed
- for
- treason,
•During
- a
- severe
- drought
- in
- Judea,
- Herod
- procured
- food
- from
- Egypt
- to
- feed
- his
- starving
- subjects,
•Lavishly
- rebuilt
- the
- Temple
- of
- Jerusalem,
•Built
- a
- fortress-palace
- at
- the
- mountain
- of
- Masada,
•Built
- a
- massive
- port
- at
- Caesarea
- Maritima
- for
- trade
- with
- the
- Mediterranean
- world,
•Attempted
- to
- have
- the
- child
- Jesus
- killed
- in
- Bethlehem,
•In
- fits
- of
- paranoid
- madness,
- he
- had
- several
- of
- his
- family
- members
- killed,
- including
- his
- own
- sons.
•And
- much
- more…
The
- book
- “King
- Herod
- the
- Great:
- A
- Short
- Biography”
- gives
- a
- brief
- look
- at
- the
- life
- and
- times
- of
- this
- infamous
- king.
- To
- illustrate
- the
- story
- of
- his
- life
- there
- are
- numerous
- pictures
- of
- the
- places
- and
- events
- that
- were
- part
- of
- his
- life.
- In
- addition,
- the
- book
- contains:
- a
- list
- of
- reference
- books
- for
- further
- reading,
- a
- timeline
- of
- King
- Herod’s
- life
- and
- events
- of
- that
- period
- of
- history,
- and
- a
- section
- that
- contains
- short
- biographical
- sketches
- of
- the
- key
- individuals
- in
- the
- book.Pick
- up
- your
- copy
- today
- by
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