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Her⋅od

[her-uhd]
–noun
(“the Great”) 73?–4 b.c., king of Judea 37–4.
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Her·od   (hěr'əd)   
King of Judea (40-4) who, according to the New Testament, attempted to kill the infant Jesus by ordering the death of all children under the age of two in Bethlehem.
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