King Herod the Great: A Short Biography

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  • 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
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