The Herod Family of the New Testament

Herod the Great

King of Judea
37-4 BC
Matthew
2:1-3,7,9,12-19,22;
Luke 1:5
His Wives:
Mariamne 1st Mariamne 2nd Malthace Cleopatra

Aristobulus Herod Philip I Herod Antipas Herod Herod Philip II

(Alexander 4 BC-39 AD Tetrarch Archelaus 4 BC - 34 AD
not separately of Galilee & Perea 4 BC-6 Tetrarch of Iturea,
shown) Matthew 14:1,3,6,9; AD Ethnarch Trachonitis,
Mark 6:14,16-22,25- of Judea, Gaularitis,
27, Luke 3:1-19; 9:7- Samaria & Auranitis &
9; 13:32-33 Idumea Batanaea
Matthew 3:22 Matthew 14:3;
Mark 6:17;
Luke 3:1,19

Herod Herod Herodias

King of Agrippa I Wife of Herod Philip II
Chalcis 37-44 AD & Herod Antipas Note:
Acts 12 Matthew 14:3,6ff; This chart does not show all of the
Mark 6:17,19,22ff wives & descendents of Herod the
Great. Scholars debate whether he
had 9 or 10 wives, but this chart
focuses on those wives whose
offspring are mentioned in the
New Testament.

Herod Bernice Drusilla Salome

Agrippa II Wife of Herod Wife of Roman Wife of Herod
44-100 AD, King of Chalcis governor Felix, Philip I &
becoming & Agrippa II Procurator of Judea, Herodias'
King in 48 AD Acts 25:13,23; Acts 24:24 daughter
Acts 26:30 Matthew
25:13ff; 26:1 14:6ff; Mark
6:22ff