grandson of Herod the Great. He was brought up at Rome, and was thrown into prison by Tiberius,
where he remained till the accession of Caligula, who made him king, first of the tetrarchy of Philip
and Lysanias; afterward the dominions of Antipas were added, and finally Judea and Samaria.
Unlike his predessors, Agrippa was a strict observer of the law, and he sought with success the
favor of the Jews. It is probable that it was with this view he put to death James the son of Zebedee,
and further imprisoned Peter. (Acts 12:1) ff. But his sudden death interrupted his ambitious projects.
(Acts 12:21,23) VI. HEROD AGRIPPA II—was the son of Herod Agrippa I. In A.D. 62 the emperor
gave him the tetrarches formerly held by Philip and Lysanias, with the title of king. (Acts 25:13)
The relation in which he stood to his sister Berenice, (Acts 25:13) was the cause of grave suspicion.
It was before him that Paul was tried. (Acts 26:28)
Herodians
(from Herod). (Matthew 22:15) ff.; Mark 12:13 ff. Canon Cook describes these persons as “that
party among the Jews who were supporters of the Herodian family as the last hope of retaining for
the Jews a fragment of national government, as distinguished from absolute dependence upon Rome
as a province of the empire. Supporters of the family of Herod, who held their dominions by the
grant of the Roman emperor, would be in favor of paying tribute to the supreme power. (Matthew
22:16)
Herodias
daughter of Aristobulus, one of the sons of Mariamne and Herod the Great, and consequently
sister of Agrippa I. She first married Herod Philip I.; then she eloped from him to marry Herod
Antipas her step-uncle. The head of John the Baptist was granted at the request of Herodias. (Matthew
14:8-11; Mark 6:24-28) (A.D. 29.) She accompanied Antipas into exile to Lugdunum
Herodion
a relative of St. Paul, to whom he sends his salutation amongst the Christians of the Roman
church. (Romans 16:11) (A.D. 55.)
Heron
(Leviticus 11:19; 14:18) a common large, wading, unclean bird. Nearly all of the species known
in English ornithology are found in the vicinity of Palestine. Canon Cook and others think the bird
intended is the plover (Charadrius aedicnemus), a greedy, thick kneed, high-flying migratory bird,
very common in the East, on the banks of rivers and shores of lakes.—ED.
Hesed
(kindness), the son of Hesed or Ben-Chesed, was commissary for Solomon. (1 Kings 4:10)
(B.C. about 995.)
Heshbon
(stronghold), the capital city of Sihon king of the Amorites. (Numbers 21:26) It stood on the
western border of the high plain—Mishor, (Joshua 13:17)—and on the boundary line between the
tribes of Reuben and Gad. The ruins of Hesban, 20 miles east of the Jordan, on the parallel of the
northern end of the Dead Sea mark the site, as they bear the name; of the ancient Heshbon. There
are many cisterns among the ruins. Comp. (Song of Solomon 7:4)
Heshmon
(rich soil), a place named, with others, as lying in the extreme south of Judah. (Joshua 15:27)
Hesron, Hezron
(enclosed), the son of Reuben, (Numbers 26:6) and ancestor of the Hezronites. (B.C. about
1700.)
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