Built by Herod the Great in the 1st century BC as a Roman city. Herod was known for being an extraordinary builder and political genius, but also cruel and paranoid. Matthew Henry: Herod was an Edomite, enmity to Israel was bred in the bone with him. Excerpt: Herod was half-Jewish (mother was a Nabatean) and was descended from Abraham through Isaac and Esau rather than through Isaac and Jacob. Herod and family were considered to
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