Herod Agrippa - wikipedia Herod Agrippa For his son, see Herod Agrippa II. Herod Agrippa King of Judaea Reign 41 -- 44 AD Predecessor Marullus ( Prefect of Judea ) Successor Cuspius Fadus ( Procurator of Judea ) 11 BC 44 AD ( aged 54 ) Caesarea Maritima Full name Marcus Julius Agrippa Dynasty Herodian Dynasty Father Aristobulus IV Mother Berenice Herod Agrippa, also known as Herod or Agrippa I ( Hebrew : אגריפס ‬ ; 11 BC -- 44 AD ), was a King of Judea from 41 to 44 AD. He was the last ruler with the royal title reigning over Judea and the father of Herod Agrippa II, the last King from the Herodian dynasty. The grandson of Herod the Great and son of Aristobulus IV and Berenice, he was born Marcus Julius Agrippa, so named in honour of Roman statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa. He is the king named Herod in the Acts of the Apostles 12 : 1 ( Acts 12 : 1 ) : `` Herod ( Agrippa ) '' ( Ἡρώδης Ἀγρίππας ). Josephus states that he was known in his time as `` Agrippa the Great ''. Christian and Jewish historiography take different views of this king, with the Christians largely opposing Agrippa and the Jews placing little precedent toward the Judean kings installed by Rome. Agrippa 's territory comprised most of Israel, including Judea, Galilee, Batanaea and Perea. From Galilee his territory extended east to Trachonitis. Contents 1 Life 1.1 Rome 1.2 Caligula and Claudius 2 Reign and death 2.1 Accounts in Josephus 2.2 Account in the New Testament 3 Progeny 4 Family tree 5 Agrippa in other media 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External links Life Rome Coin minted by Herod Agrippa. Josephus informs us that, after the execution of his father, young Agrippa was sent by his grandfather, Herod the Great, to the imperial court in Rome. There, Tiberius conceived a great affection for him, and had him educated alongside his son Drusus, who also befriended him, and future emperor Claudius. On the death of Drusus, Agrippa, who had been recklessly extravagant and was deeply in debt, was obliged to leave Rome, fleeing to the fortress of Malatha in Idumaea. There, it was said, he contemplated suicide. After a brief seclusion, through the mediation of his wife Cypros and his sister Herodias, Agrippa was given a sum of money by his brother - in - law and uncle, Herodias ' husband, Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea, and was allowed to take up residence in Tiberias, and received the rank of aedile in that city, with a small yearly income. But having quarrelled with Antipas, he fled to Lucius Pomponius Flaccus, governor of Syria. Soon afterwards he was convicted, through the information of his brother Aristobulus, of having received a bribe from the Damascenes, who wished to purchase his influence with the proconsul, and was again compelled to flee. He was arrested as he was about to sail for Italy, for a sum of money which he owed to the treasury of Caesar, but made his escape, and reached Alexandria, where his wife succeeded in procuring a supply of money from Alexander the Alabarch. He then set sail, and landed at Puteoli. He was favorably received by Tiberius, who entrusted him with the education of his grandson Tiberius Gemellus. He also formed an intimacy with Caligula, then a popular favorite. Agrippa was one day overheard by his freedman Eutyches expressing a wish for Tiberius 's death and the advancement of Caligula, and for this he was cast into prison. Caligula and Claudius Following Tiberius ' death and the ascension of Agrippa 's friend Caligula in 37, Agrippa was set free and made king of the territories of Gaulanitis, Auranitis, Batanaea, and Trachonitis, which his uncle Philip the Tetrarch had held, with the addition of Abila. Agrippa was also awarded the ornamenta praetoria and could use the title amicus caesaris ( `` friend of Caesar '' ). Caligula also presented him with a gold chain equal in weight to the iron one he had worn in prison, which Agrippa dedicated to the Temple of Jerusalem on his return to his ancestral homeland. In 39, Agrippa returned to Rome, and brought about the banishment of his uncle, Herod Antipas ; he was then granted his uncle 's tetrarchy, consisting of Galilee and Peraea. This created a Jewish kingdom which did not include Judea at its center. After the assassination of Caligula in 41, Agrippa was involved in the struggle over the accession between Claudius, the Praetorian Guard, and the Senate. How big a part Agrippa played is uncertain ; the various sources differ. Cassius Dio simply writes that Agrippa cooperated with Claudius in seeking rule. Flavius Josephus gives us two versions. In The Jewish War, Agrippa is presented as only a messenger to a confident and energetic Claudius. But in The Antiquities of the Jews, Agrippa 's role is central and crucial : he convinces Claudius to stand up to the Senate and the Senate to avoid attacking Claudius. After becoming Emperor, Claudius gave Agrippa dominion over Judea and Samaria and granted him the ornamenta consularia, and at his request gave the kingdom of Chalcis in Lebanon to Agrippa 's brother Herod of Chalcis. Thus Agrippa became one of the most powerful kings of the east. His domain more or less equaled that which was held by his grandfather Herod the Great. In the city of Berytus, he built a theatre and amphitheatre, baths, and porticoes. He was equally generous in Sebaste, Heliopolis and Caesarea. Agrippa began the building of the third and outer wall of Jerusalem, but the suspicions he had of Claudius 's intervention prevented him from finishing the fortifications which he had begun. His friendship was courted by many of the neighboring kings and rulers, some of whom he housed in Tiberias, which also caused Claudius some displeasure. Reign and death Accounts in Josephus Agrippa I prutah. Agrippa returned to Judea and governed it to the satisfaction of the Jews. His zeal, private and public, for Judaism is recorded by Josephus, Philo of Alexandria and the rabbis. Perhaps because of this, his passage through Alexandria in the year 38 instigated anti-Jewish riots. At the risk of his own life, or at least of his liberty, he interceded with Caligula on behalf of the Jews, when that emperor was attempting to set up his statue in the Temple at Jerusalem shortly before his death in 41. Agrippa 's efforts bore fruit and persuaded Caligula to rescind his order thus preventing the Temple 's desecration. However, Philo of Alexandria recounts that Caligula issued a second order to have his statue erected in the Temple. Another statue of himself, of colossal size, was built of gilt brass. The Temple of Jerusalem was then transformed into a temple for Caligula, and it was called the Temple of illustrious Gaius the new Jupiter. After Passover in 44, Agrippa went to Caesarea, where he had games performed in honor of Claudius. In the midst of his speech to the public a cry went out, and Agrippa did not publicly react. At this time he saw an owl perched over his head. During his imprisonment by Tiberius a similar omen had been interpreted as portending his speedy release and future kingship, with the warning that should he behold the same sight again, he would die. He was immediately smitten with violent pains, scolded his friends for flattering him and accepted his imminent death. He experienced heart pains and a pain in his abdomen, and died after five days. ( Herod Agrippa 's views in regard to omens is not acceptable according to Rabbinical Judaism. ) Josephus then relates how Agrippa 's brother, Herod of Chalcis, and Helcias sent Aristo to kill Silas. From Josephus, Antiquities 19.8. 2 343 - 361 : `` Now when Agrippa had reigned three years over all Judea he came to the city Caesarea, which was formerly called Strato 's Tower ; and there he exhibited spectacles in honor of Caesar, for whose well - being he 'd been informed that a certain festival was being celebrated. At this festival a great number were gathered together of the principal persons of dignity of his province. On the second day of the spectacles he put on a garment made wholly of silver, of a truly wonderful texture, and came into the theater early in the morning. There the silver of his garment, being illuminated by the fresh reflection of the sun 's rays, shone out in a wonderful manner, and was so resplendent as to spread awe over those that looked intently upon him. Presently his flatterers cried out, one from one place, and another from another, ( though not for his good ) that he was a god ; and they added, `` Be thou merciful to us ; for although we have hitherto reverenced thee only as a man, yet shall we henceforth own thee as superior to mortal nature. '' Upon this the king neither rebuked them nor rejected their impious flattery. But he shortly afterward looked up and saw an owl sitting on a certain rope over his head, and immediately understood that this bird was the messenger of ill tidings, just as it had once been the messenger of good tidings to him ; and fell into the deepest sorrow. A severe pain arose in his belly, striking with a most violent intensity. He therefore looked upon his friends, and said, `` I, whom you call a god, am commanded presently to depart this life ; while Providence thus reproves the lying words you just now said to me ; and I, who was by you called immortal, am immediately to be hurried away by death. But I am bound to accept what Providence allots, as it pleases God ; for we have by no means lived ill, but in a splendid and happy manner. '' When he had said this, his pain became violent. Accordingly he was carried into the palace, and the rumor went abroad everywhere that he would certainly die soon. The multitude sat in sackcloth, men, women and children, after the law of their country, and besought God for the king 's recovery. All places were also full of mourning and lamentation. Now the king rested in a high chamber, and as he saw them below lying prostrate on the ground he could not keep himself from weeping. And when he had been quite worn out by the pain in his belly for five days, he departed this life, being in the fifty - fourth year of his age and in the seventh year of his reign. He ruled four years under Caius Caesar, three of them were over Philip 's tetrarchy only, and on the fourth that of Herod was added to it ; and he reigned, besides those, three years under Claudius Caesar, during which time he had Judea added to his lands, as well as Samaria and Cesarea. The revenues that he received out of them were very great, no less than twelve millions of drachmae. But he borrowed great sums from others, for he was so very liberal that his expenses exceeded his incomes, and his generosity was boundless. '' Acts 12 relates that he was eaten by worms, after an angel struck him for not giving glory to God while being worshiped by sycophants. The Jewish Encyclopedia has a different account of Agrippa 's reign : Claudius, showed himself grateful to Agrippa for important services rendered him, and upon his accession, placed under his rule the remainder of Palestine, the territories of Samaria, Judea, and Idumæa, formerly governed by Archelaus. Loaded with honors and titles, Agrippa returned home, and the few remaining years of his benevolent sway afforded the people a brief period of peace and prosperity. The evil consequences of a ruler 's unbridled passions and tyranny had been sufficiently evident to him in Rome, and they had taught him moderation and strict self - control. His people regarded him with love and devotion, because he healed with tender hand the deep wounds inflicted upon the national susceptibilities by brutal Roman governors. He ruled his subjects with compassion and friendliness. Like the ancestral Asmoneans from whom he sprang through his noble grandmother Mariamne, he honored the Law. Like the merest commoner, he carried his basket of first - fruits to the Temple ; with the people he celebrated appropriately the Feast of Tabernacles, and he devoted to the sanctuary a golden chain with which Caligula had honored him. On one occasion, while in the street, he met a bridal procession which drew up to let him pass, but he halted and bade it take precedence. He sought to lighten taxation, remitting the impost on houses in Jerusalem. On the coins minted by him he carefully avoided placing any symbols which could offend the people 's religious sentiment. Thus, prosperity and comfort seemed to be dawning anew for the Jews. The Romans, however, became jealous of this rising prosperity, and -- sometimes covertly, sometimes openly -- laid all manner of obstacles in his way. When he began to repair the fortifications of the capital, he was abruptly bidden to cease. His attempts to fraternize with neighboring peoples -- vassals of Rome -- were construed as portending rebellion. His sudden death at the games in Cæsarea, 44, must be considered as a stroke of Roman politics. His death, while in the full vigor of his years, was deeply lamented by his people, notwithstanding the fact that he had made many considerable concessions to heathen manners and customs. The Christians looked upon his death as a judgment for his undisguised hostility to their young community ( Acts, xii. ). '' The Talmud also has a positive view of his reign : The Mishnah explained how the Jews of the Second Temple era interpreted the requirement of Deuteronomy 31 : 10 -- 13 that the king read the Torah to the people. At the conclusion of the first day of Sukkot immediately after the conclusion of the seventh year in the cycle, they erected a wooden dais in the Temple court, upon which the king sat. The synagogue attendant took a Torah scroll and handed it to the synagogue president, who handed it to the High Priest 's deputy, who handed it to the High Priest, who handed it to the king. The king stood and received it, and then read sitting. King Agrippa stood and received it and read standing, and the sages praised him for doing so. When Agrippa reached the commandment of Deuteronomy 17 : 15 that `` you may not put a foreigner over you '' as king, his eyes ran with tears, but they said to him, `` Do n't fear, Agrippa, you are our brother, you are our brother ! '' The king would read from Deuteronomy 1 : 1 up through the shema ( Deuteronomy 6 : 4 -- 9 ), and then Deuteronomy 11 : 13 -- 21, the portion regarding tithes ( Deuteronomy 14 : 22 -- 29 ), the portion of the king ( Deuteronomy 17 : 14 -- 20 ), and the blessings and curses ( Deuteronomy 27 -- 28 ). The king would recite the same blessings as the High Priest, except that the king would substitute a blessing for the festivals instead of one for the forgiveness of sin. ( Mishnah Sotah 7 : 8 ; Babylonian Talmud Sotah 41a. ) Account in the New Testament Coin of Herod of Chalcis, showing Herod of Chalcis with brother Agrippa I crowning Roman Emperor Claudius I. The `` King '' Herod mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 12 ( Acts 12 : 1 -- 23 ), is identified as the same person as Herod Agrippa ( though the Herod mentioned in Acts 13 : 1 refers to Herod Antipas ). The identification is based in part on the description of his death, which is very similar to Agrippa 's death in Josephus 's Antiquities of the Jews 19.8. 2, although Josephus does not include the claim that `` an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms. '' Further evidence is the identification of the ruler in Acts 12 : 1 as `` Herod the king, '' since Agrippa is the only Herod who would have had authority in Jerusalem at that time. The description of Herod Agrippa as a king who persecuted the Jerusalem church, having James son of Zebedee killed and imprisoning Peter, stands in contrast with Josephus ' account of a kindly man. According to Josephus, he was a milder ruler than his grandfather Herod the Great. Christian scholars argue that the biblical account makes sense given that Agrippa had been raised with a strong Jewish identity. Agrippa would resent a movement begun during his absence from Judæa that tried to declare a man as divine. Blastus is mentioned in the New Testament as Herod 's chamberlain ( Acts 12 : 20 ). Herod Antipas, uncle and predecessor of Agrippa as ruler of Galilee and Peræa, is the Herod mentioned in the Gospels who authorized the execution of John the Baptist and played a role in the trial of Jesus ( Matthew 14 : 3 -- 12, Mark 6 : 17 -- 29, Luke 23 : 5 -- 12 ). Herod Agrippa II, son of Herod Agrippa, was asked, with his sister Berenice, by the Roman Procurator of Judea, Porcius Festus, to assist in the mini-trial of the Apostle Paul ( Acts 25 : 13 -- 26 : 32 ). Progeny By his wife Cypros he had a son and three daughters. They were : Herod Agrippa II ( b. 27 / 28 AD ? - d. 93 AD ? ) became the eighth and final ruler from the Herodian family. Berenice ( b. 28 - after 81 AD ), who first married Marcus Julius Alexander, son of Alexander the Alabarch around 41 AD. After Marcus Julius died, she married her uncle Herod, king of Chalcis. She later lived with her brother Agrippa II, reputedly in an incestuous relationship. Finally, she married Polamo, king of Cilicia as alluded to by Juvenal. Berenice also had a common - law relationship with the Roman emperor Titus. Mariamne ( b. 34 - ? ), who married Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes ; they had a daughter Berenice ( daughter of Mariamne ) ( b. 50 AD ) who lived with her mother in Alexandria, Egypt after her parents ' divorce Drusilla ( 38 -- 79 AD ), who married first to Gaius Julius Azizus, King of Emesa and then to Antonius Felix, the procurator of Judaea. Drusilla and her son Marcus Antonius Agrippa died in Pompeii during the eruption of Vesuvius. A daughter, Antonia Clementiana, became a grandmother to a Lucius Anneius Domitius Proculus. Two possible descendants from this marriage are Marcus Antonius Fronto Salvianus ( a quaestor ) and his son Marcus Antonius Felix Magnus, a high priest in 225. Family tree Alexander Alexandra Herod the Great Mariamne I d. 29 BC Aristobulus d. 7 BC Berenice ( daughter of Salome ) Mariamne III Herod V Herodias Herod Agrippa I Aristobulus Minor Herod Agrippa II Berenice Mariamne Drusilla Agrippa in other media Herod Agrippa is the protagonist of the Italian opera, L'Agrippa tetrarca di Gerusalemme ( 1724 ) by Giuseppe Maria Buini ( mus. ) and Claudio Nicola Stampa ( libr. ), first performed at the Teatro Ducale of Milan, Italy, on August 28, 1724. Herod Agrippa is a major figure in Robert Graves ' novel Claudius the God, as well as the BBC television adaptation I, Claudius, wherein he was portrayed by James Faulkner as an adult and Michael Clements as a child. He is depicted as one of Claudius 's closest lifelong friends. Herod acts as Claudius 's last and most trustworthy friend and advisor, giving him the key advice to trust no one, not even him. This advice proves prophetic at the end of Herod 's life, where he is depicted as coming to believe that he is a prophesied Messiah and raising a rebellion against Rome, to Claudius 's dismay. However, he is struck down by a possibly supernatural illness and sends a final letter to Claudius asking for forgiveness. See also Herodian dynasty Herodian kingdom List of Hasmonean and Herodian rulers Notes ^ Jump up to : Mason, Charles Peter ( 1867 ), `` Agrippa, Herodes I '', in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston : Little, Brown and Company, pp. 77 -- 78 Jump up ^ Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae xvii. 2. § 2 Jump up ^ Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae xviii. 7. § 2 ^ Jump up to : Schwartz, Daniel R. Agrippa I Mohr 1990 ^ Jump up to : Rajak, Tessa ( 1996 ), `` Iulius Agrippa ( 1 ) I, Marcus '', in Hornblower, Simon, Oxford Classical Dictionary, Oxford : Oxford University Press ^ Jump up to : One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. ( 1911 ). `` Agrippa, Herod, I. ''. Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 ( 11th ed. ). Cambridge University Press. p. 425. Jump up ^ Josephus, De Bello Judaico ( Wars of the Jews ) v. iv. § 2 Jump up ^ AgrippaI, Daniel R. schwartz, 1990 Jump up ^ Ebner, Eliezer, History of the Jewish People, The Second Temple Era, Mesorah Publications Ltd. 1982, p. 155 Jump up ^ Philo of Alexandria, On the Embassy to Gaius XLIII. 346. Jump up ^ Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae xix. 345 -- 350 ( Chapter 8 para 2 ) Jump up ^ Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae xix. Chapter 8 para 3 But before the multitude were made acquainted with Agrippa 's being expired, Herod the king of Chalcis, and Helcias the master of his horse, and the king 's friend, sent Aristo, one of the king 's most faithful servants, and slew Silas, who had been their enemy, as if it had been done by the king 's own command. Jump up ^ Markus Brann, `` AGRIPPA I. ( M. JULIUS AGRIPPA, also known as Herod Agrippa I. ) '' ; Jewish Encyclopedia, ed. Isidore Singer ; Funk & Wagnalls, 1906. Jump up ^ `` Likewise See biography at Jewish Virtual Library for an alternative possible explanation for Agrippa 's death ''. Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2012 - 01 - 28. Jump up ^ It must be said that this was not an accurate representation of the Christians ' attitude ; writing only 16 years later `` Luke '' claimed that the gruesome death was retribution for Agrippa 's blasphemous acceptance of the flattery of a delegation from Tyre and Sidon, `` The voice of a god, not of a man. '' ( Acts 12.20 -- 24 ) Nor does it appear that any suggestion was made at the time that there was a Roman conspiracy behind the sudden death of the Emperor 's old friend. Jump up ^ Ebner, 1982, p. 156 Jump up ^ Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 19.5. 1 Jump up ^ Juvenal, Satires vi. 156 Jump up ^ Suetonius, Titus 7 Jump up ^ Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae xvii. 1. § 2, xviii. 5 -- 8, xix. 4 -- 8 Jump up ^ Josephus, The Wars of the Jews i. 28. § 1, ii. 9. 11 Jump up ^ Cassius Dio lx. 8 Jump up ^ Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History ii. 10 Jump up ^ G. Boccaccini, Portraits of Middle Judaism in Scholarship and Arts ( Turin : Zamorani, 1992 ). References This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Easton, Matthew George ( 1897 ). `` ``. Easton 's Bible Dictionary ( New and revised ed. ). T. Nelson and Sons. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Smith, William, ed. ( 1870 ). `` article name needed ''. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Yohanan Aharoni & Michael Avi - Yonah, `` The MacMillan Bible Atlas '', Revised Edition, p. 156 ( 1968 & 1977, by Carta Ltd. ). External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Agrippa I. Jewish Encyclopedia : Agrippa I. Agrippa I, article in historical sourcebook by Mahlon H. Smith Sergey E. Rysev. 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Question: how did king herod die in the book of acts
Answer: eaten by worms, after an angel struck him for not giving glory to God while being worshiped by sycophants