Anonymous ID: 3b5427 Nov. 18, 2021, 2:14 p.m. No.15029815   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

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King Herod, an Edomite

History affirms that the Herodโ€™s were the Edomite family who reigned over Israel during the time of Jesus and the early Christian church. This took place when Julius Caesar in 47 BC appointed Antipater, the son of the Edomite governor of Edom, to be the ruler of Judea. King Herod was one of Antipaterโ€™s two sons. In 40 BC, Parthians attacked the Roman empireโ€™s eastern parts and for a short time overcame Judea. King Herod fled to Rome, and the Roman Senate named him โ€œKing of the Jewsโ€ and ordered him to recapture Judea. King Herod did that in 37 BC.

 

And according to the first-century historian Flavius Josephus, born in Jerusalem (30-100 AD), King Herod came from Esauโ€™s linage:

 

โ€œ. . . and these were the sons of Esau. Aliphaz had five legitimate sons: Theman, Omer, Saphus, Gotham, and Kanaz; for Amalek was not legitimate, but by a concubine, whose name was Thamna. These dwelt in that part of Idumea . . . โ€ (Josephus. The Antiquities of the Jews. Book 2, Chap. 2).

 

โ€œSo he fell upon the Idumeans, the posterity of Esau, at Acrabattene, and slew a great many of them, and took their spoils.โ€ (Josephus. The Antiquities of the Jews. Book 12, Chap. 8).

 

โ€œ. . . but Antigonus, by way of reply to what King Herod had caused to be proclaimed, and this before the Romans, and before Silo also, said, that they would not do justly if they gave the kingdom to Herod, who was no more than a private man, and an Idumean . . .โ€ (Josephus. The Antiquities of the Jews. Book 12, Chap. 8).