Herod ruled Judea from 37 BC. The Bible says he initiated a murder of all the infants in Bethlehem in an attempt to get rid of the baby Jesus. The Romans appointed King Herod as King of Judea in ...

After hearing of the birth of the baby Jesus, called the newborn King of the Jews by the Three Wise Men, Herod tried to kill him off by ordering the so-called "Slaughter of the Innocents ...

When Herod heard the Three Wise Men were traipsing hither, thither, and yon in search of a baby boy they described as the “King of the Jews,” he got his hackles up. That, after all, was his moniker.

That’s when many believe the “Magi” or “wise men” or “three kings ... ruled by the Roman King Herod, “some men who studied the stars came from the East to Jerusalem and asked ...

The story of the three wise men ... new “king of the Jews.” They set out on a long trip to pay homage to the baby Jesus, a journey that became more treacherous when the current king, Herod ...

the ruler attempts to find and kill the baby after hearing that the “King of the Jews” has just been born. Tricked by the Magi, the wise men whom Herod had sent to determine where the infant ...

He was troubled. That’s what it says. King Herod was troubled, and the people were troubled with him. It doesn’t say why, not exactly. But piece it together. What makes a leader insecure?

Puzzles for astronomy To understand the Star of Bethlehem, we need to think like the three wise men. Motivated by this “star in the east,” they first traveled to Jerusalem and told King Herod ...

No. The real baddie, looming up behind the whole narrative, is King Herod. Modern scholars know ... and of strange wise men from the East following a star. Skeptics and scoffers will say, as ...

After hearing of the birth of the baby Jesus, called the newborn King of the Jews by the Three Wise Men, Herod tried to kill him off by ordering the so-called "Slaughter of the Innocents ...