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Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Hero'dias. Daughter of Aristobulus, one of the sons of Mariamne and Herod the Great, and consequently, sister of Agrippa I. She first married Herod Philip I; then she eloped from him to marry Herod Antipas her step-uncle. The head of John the Baptist was granted at the request of Herodias. Matthew 14:8-11; Mark 6:24-28. (A.D. 29). She accompanied Antipas into exile to Lugdunum.

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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Herodias'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​h/herodias.html. 1901.
 
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