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How did Julious Ceasar and King Herod die ?

Carol,

Here is part 2:

Another reason why he (Herod) gave the order to have them put to death when he died was so that the Jewish people would have somebody to mourn over because he knew that they would not mourn over him.



That is the kind of man he was. That's how paranoid he was over his "ruler-ship."



Now, can you imagine if a group of men came into town and said "Where is He who is born king of the Jews?"



Now here's how Herod died, and if you research the accounts of his death, you will see that he died a horrible death. He was riddled with disease and here's the circumstances:



Herod's wife's name was Miriam. After he had her put to death, he missed her. He would see various women and think that they were her. And eventually he went down and got involved with prostitutes.



There was one in particular that he thought was his wife, and he called her by name, and he had relationships with her.



He caught diseases from that relationship, which literally, if you would read the account, it was a pretty bad death. He died in 4 B.C. He died a horrible death!



So you can imagine his paranoia about Jesus as these wise men came into town asking where is he who is born King of the Jews.



Herod's thoughts were "I'm the king of the Jews. What are you talking about?" This man Herod, he went crazy. This was Herod the great, Herod the king.

Carol,

I can share a little on Herod the king that we see in Matthew Chapter 2, information about him, and also how he died.

Here are some important facts about Herod the king:

He's also known as "Herod the great" in times of history. This man was an Edomite.

He was not a Jew. And yet at the same time, through the Roman government, he took control over the Jewish people.



In order to win them over, he would help them. He would actually take gold from his home and from his palace and have the gold sold and the money brought in to feed the poor.



Not only did he help the poor, but he would have athletic fields built and he would have various activities going on to help the community of the Jews so that he would win their favor.

The flip side of Herod the great was that he was crazy. A crazy man can only be nice for so long. But he was paranoid over his reign as king. And so you can imagine what is taking place in Matthew Chapter 2.



Herod was so paranoid over people plotting against him that he had three of his sons put to death because he thought they were plotting against him.



He had his first two sons killed, Alexander and Aristobulus. And later he killed Antipater who was supposed to take the throne. He had his wife put to death because he thought she was plotting against him.



Numerous members of the family, if he saw them together and thought that they were speaking together against him behind his back, he would have them put to death.



He died approximately a year after the Lord was born. And in knowing that he was about to die, he had a decree made that all of the leaders in Jerusalem would be rounded up and placed into a holding area.

And at the moment he died, they would all be put to death so that he would know that no leader would succeed him to the throne.

I need to send a part 2, and I will also share with you how he died.

Yes Jesse, you are right. I thought Herod died of old age, but no he died due to a horrible illness.

Julius Caesar was assassinated, and King Herod (the first Herod since in the Bible there is 3 of them) died of old age.