Archelaus
Archelaus is one of the sons of Herod the Great
Deposed and Exiled
Archelaus was particularly unpopular, for he ruled with an iron fist. A delegation of important Jews and Samaritans complains about him to Emperor Augustus
After this, Judea becomes a Roman province governed by a prefect
New Testament
Archelaus is only mentioned once in the New Testament, in Matthew 2:22
Related Bible passages
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