Luke 9:7 (KJV)

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Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him and he was perplexed because that it was said of some that John was risen from the dead

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Herod. Job 18:11 Job 18:12 Ps 73:19 Mt 14:1-12 Mr 6:14-28

he. Lu 21:25 Isa 22:5 Mic 7:4

A.M. 4036. A.D. 32. Tetrarch.A tetrarch, [tetrarches ,] from [tetras ,] four, and [arche ,] government, properly signifies a prince, or ruler over a quarter of any region; and had its origin from Galatia, which was governed by four princes. In the New Testament, however, it denotes a prince, or king, who reigns over the fourth part of a former kingdom. By Herod's will his kingdom was thus divided among his sons: Archelaus had one-half, consisting of Idumea, Judea, and Samaria; Herod Antipas, one-fourth, consisting of Galilee and Perea; and Philip the remaining fourth, consisting of Batanea, Trachonitis, and Auranitis.

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