Herod Boethus (sources)

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This page includes ancient sources dealing with the character of Herod Boethus (Herod II).

Ancient Jewish sources

Josephus, Jewish Antiquities

Ant XVIII 5, 1 -- When Herod [Antipas] was once at Rome, he lodged with Herod [II], who was his brother indeed, but not by the same mother; for this Herod was the son of the high priest Sireoh's daughter. However, he fell in love with Herodias, this last Herod's wife, who was the daughter of Aristobulus their brother, and the sister of Agrippa the Great.

Ant XVIII 5, 4 -- Herodias was married to Herod [II], the son of Herod the Great, who was born of Mariamne [II], the daughter of Simon the high priest, who had a daughter, Salome; after whose birth Herodias took upon her to confound the laws of our country, and divorced herself from her husband while he was alive, and was married to Herod [Antipas], her husband's brother by the father's side, he was tetrarch of Galilee.

Early Christian sources

Gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke

Mark 6:17, Matthew 14:3, Luke 3:19 -- Herodias [was] the wife of [Herod Antipas]'s brother, Philip [here, Mark and Matthew apparently confused Herod Boethus with Herod Philip, as Luke 3:19 probably realized, dropping he reference to "Philip"].