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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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later misfortunes <strong>of</strong> Herod were attributed. <strong>The</strong>n<br />

followed a war with Aretas, in which <strong>the</strong> Tetrarch<br />

was worsted. And, last <strong>of</strong> all, his wife's ambition<br />

led him to Rome to solicit <strong>the</strong> title <strong>of</strong> king, lately<br />

given to Agrippa, <strong>the</strong> bro<strong>the</strong>r <strong>of</strong> Herodiaa. Antipas<br />

not only failed, but was deprived <strong>of</strong> his dominions,<br />

<strong>and</strong> banished to Lyons in Gaul. <strong>The</strong> pride <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

woman in refusing favours from <strong>the</strong> Emperor, <strong>and</strong><br />

her faithfulness to her husb<strong>and</strong> in his fallen<br />

fortunes, are <strong>the</strong> only redeeming points in her<br />

history.* As for Salome, she was first • Jot. Ant,<br />

married to her uncle, Philip <strong>the</strong> Tetrarch. Legend<br />

has it, that her waru.'9.' death was retributive,<br />

being in consequence <strong>of</strong> a fall on <strong>the</strong> ice.<br />

Such was <strong>the</strong> woman who had <strong>the</strong>se many months<br />

sought, with <strong>the</strong> vengefulness <strong>and</strong> determination <strong>of</strong><br />

a Jezebel, to rid herself <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> hated person, who<br />

alone had dared publicly denounce her sin, <strong>and</strong><br />

whose words held her weak husb<strong>and</strong> in awe. <strong>The</strong><br />

opportunity had now<br />

bear his name (Herod). Of only one, Herod

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