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Herod Family Tomb
Family Tomb of Herod. Family Tomb of Herod. A brief description of the Family Tomb of Herod
Just south of the King David Hotel is the family tomb of King Herod. It is closed by a large stone.
Family Tomb of Herod
This monumental tomb is located west of the Old City of Jerusalem, and just east (below) the King David Hotel. It is one of the best preserved rolling stone tombs in the country (and there are very few of them). According to Josephus Herod himself was buried at the Herodium - located 7.5 miles south of Jerusalem.
Bibliography: Josephus War 1:581, 228; 5:108.
Herod the Great mentioned in reference to the birth of Jesus in both the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Herod’s fear that Jesus birth would lead to the decline of his power. Herod that the three Magi tell him of the location of Jesus birth. The Magi were warned in a dream not to obey Herod and when Herod realized this, he ordered the killing of all infant boys aged 2 years and under in the town of Bethlehem.
Herod himself was not buried here, but at the site of Herodion. The four chambers of beautifully cut stone were found empty, because they were robbed. That Herod had a family tomb in West-Jerusalem is recorded by Josephus (War).
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And the spirit of God cloaked Zechariah ben Yehoyadah, the priest, and he stood over the people and said to them, 'So sayeth the Lord, "Why have you forsaken the commandments of God, though you do not succeed? Since you have left God, He shall leave you." And the (people) banded together and atoned him at the command of the king in the courtyard of the House of God."
Chronicles II 24:20-22
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