King Herod Bible Story

King Herod and Jesus

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King Herod and Jesus Events

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King Herod and Jesus Birth


King Herod Bible Story Origin

King Herod and the Wise Men

When Jesus was born, there was a great new star in the Heavens and all saw it. Wise Men from the east came to Jerusalem and said, Where is the baby that has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and we've come to worship Him.

King Herod and the Wise Men Tidbit of Truth ... Many Christians and even Religious leaders believe that there were three Wise Men and there very well may have been, but the Bible does not actually specify how many Wise Men there were. The Bible only named the three gifts (gold, frankincense and myrrh) that the Wise Men had brought which has many assuming that it was three Wise Men with one gift each.

Back to our King Herod and Jesus Birth story ... King Herod the Great was very jealous when he heard the tidings that a new king had been born. He demanded to know where this Christ child was supposedly born because there was prophecy in scripture that foretold of all of the events taking place. They answered, in Bethlehem of Judea, for it is written by the prophet:

Micah 5:2

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.


King Herod Bible Story Woe

King Herod and Jesus Tears and Fears

King Herod and the Wise Men had a meeting in which Herod sent the Wise Men to Bethlehem to look for the child and were told by Herod that when they found the child that they should come back and tell Herod using the excuse that he wanted to go worship the child too. Herod actually had a sinister plan in mind and heart.

The Wise Men left and followed the star in the east until it stopped over where the Holy child Jesus was and they fell down and worshiped Him. They gave Him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Then God warned these Wise Men in a dream that they shouldn't go back to Herod, so they went back to their home country by a different route. King Herod and the Wise Men parted ways.

The Angel of the Lord appeared again to Joseph in a dream and said, Get up and take the young child and His mother and flee into Egypt. Stay there until I let you know. Herod will look for the young child to kill Him. Joseph woke up and took the baby Jesus and Mary in the middle of the night and left for Egypt. They were there until Herod died and what the prophet Hosea said was fulfilled:

Hosea 11:1

When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my Son out of Egypt.


Death of King Herod Bible Story

King Herod and Jesus in Egypt

Meanwhile ... Herod realized that he was tricked by the wise men who never returned as he asked for them to. He was furious and had all of the male children who were two years old and younger killed in Bethlehem and the surrounding area in hopes of killing this new king. This act fulfilled the prophecy of the prophet Jeremiah:

Jeremiah 31:15

Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.

Ramah was in the area of Israel that God gave to the tribe of Benjamin, and Joseph's two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

The anguish of the parents was unbearable.

Later, when Herod had died, an Angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, who was then living in Egypt with his family as he was warned to do, and the Angel said ... Take the young child and His mother and go into the land of Israel. Those who attempted to take the child's life are now dead.

So, Joseph, knowing to bey the Lord, took Jesus and Mary back to Israel, but when he heard that Herod's son Archelaus inherited the kingdom in Judea, Joseph was afraid to go there. Afterward, being warned by God in a dream, Joseph took the family to Galilee.

They settled in a city called Nazareth. That is why you may have heard the saying ... Jesus of Nazareth. (Which is also a great movie with the same title) The prophecy was then fulfilled that was spoken by the prophets long before: "He shall be called a Nazarene" (Matthew 2:23). And Jesus grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom and the Grace of God was with Him.


King Herod Bible Story Summary

King Herod and Jesus Conclusion

Let's recap ... In the Book of Matthew, it shares with us the story of Herod the Great who was the king of Judea. He ruled from about 37 B.C.E. until his death in 4 B.C.E. after the birth of Jesus. Herod was not Jewish, but Caesar Augustus allowed him to oversee and rule the Jewish people who the Roman empire had control over at the time.

We read of a heart wrenching story of King Herod and the Wise Men. In this area of the King Herod Bible story, Herod sends the Wise Men to find the baby Jesus and requests that they let him know the child's whereabouts, once they find him. However, they were warned in a vision not to obey King Herod.

When Herod discovers their betrayal, Herod is very angry and in an attempt to eliminate Jesus, Herod orders the murder of all children in and around Bethlehem who are two years old and under. This horrific King Herod Bible story is now known as the "slaughter of the innocents". Herod did this because he was threatened by the prophecy of a king of the Jews being born.


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