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People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Herodias (he-rô'di-as). 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.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Herodias'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​h/herodias.html. 1893.
 
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