c. 72 B.C.
Herod the Great is born. |
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37 B.C.
Herod the Great is appointed ruler of Judea by Rome. |
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before 20 B.C.
Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, is born. |
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18 B.C.
Herod, desirous of gaining the favor of the Jews, begins work to restore and expand Jerusalem's temple, which had laid unfinished for about five hundred years. |
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10 B.C.
Agrippa I (known as Herod Agrippa in the New Testament), grandson of Herod of Great, is born. |
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c. 4 B.C.
Herod the Great dies in Jericho and is buried in Herodium, Judea. Herod Antipas, Herod the Great's son, becomes tetrarch of Galilee and Perea. |
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39 A.D.
Herod Antipas dies in Gaul. Agrippa I (Herod Agrippa) is his successor. |
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44 A.D.
God sends the angel of the Lord to kill Herod Agrippa. Herod dies and is eaten by worms (See Acts 12) |
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65 A.D.
Work on Jerusalem's second temple (also known as Herod's temple) is completed. |
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70 A.D.
Roman legions, under the command of military commander Titus (later Emperor Titus), set fire to Jerusalem's temple. The final destruction of the temple starts on the 9th of Ab (Hebrew month) and is completed the next day. These dates equate to Saturday, August 4th and Sunday, August 5th, 70 A.D. |
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