YEARS IN THE LIFE OF HEROD. |
The dates here given are the result of a geometric plotting of the facts given in the works of Flavius Josephus:—see chart with this volume. | Herod the Great was born in | B.C. | 71 | | Made Governor of Galilee when 18years old (not15) and in the 9thyear of HyrcanusII. | ” | 54 | | Made king by the Romans | ” | 40 | Married Mariamne;
Captured Jerusalem | ” | 37 | | Battle of Actium in 7thyear of his reign | ” | 31 | HyrcanusII. put to death;
Herod recrowned by Caesar | ” | 30 | | Mariamne put to death | ” | 29 | | Herod afflicted with madness | ” | 28 | | 1st year of famine | ” | 24 | | 2nd year of famine | ” | 23 | | Herod offered to rebuild Temple | ” | 21 | | The priests began work | ” | 19 | | Sanctuary dedicated | ” | 18 | | Cloisters finished | ” | 11 | | 1st of Caesar’s Games | ” | 9 | | 2nd of Caesar’s Games | ” | 4 | | Alexander and Aristobulus put to death | ” | 4 | | Total eclipse of the Moon ——January9th | ” | 1 | | [See “Eclipses Past and Future,” byJohnson] | | Death of Herod the Great ——February | ” | 1 |
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