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Drusilla

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Drusil'la. (watered by the dew). Daughter of Herod Agrippa, Acts 24:24, ff., and Cypros. Born A.D. 38. She was at first betrothed to Antiochus Epiphanes, prince of Commagene, but was married to Azizus, king of Emesa. Soon after, Felix, procurator of Judea, brought about her seduction by means of the Cyprian sorcerer, Simon, and took her as his wife. In Acts 24:24, we find her in company with Felix at Caesarea. Felix who, together with his mother, perished in the eruption of Vesuvius under Titus.

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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Drusilla'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​d/drusilla.html. 1901.
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