King Herod
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Connecting Herod to the Birthplace of David
Gospel authors clearly take for granted that the messiah, who is going to be a king descended from david, write. But how does herod do that? Riht i meancaus: Everybody knows he's like this half idmianj you know, kind of so he does a number of things. He establishes his royal dynastic tomb monument overlooking beth Bethlehem. Then he rebuilds the second temple. So basically, if you take all this evidence together, write, what herod is doing then is saying, i am a legitimate jewish king. I have fulfilled the expectations associated with a divitic messiah.
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