YEARS IN THE LIFE OF HEROD.
The dates here given are the result of a geometric plotting of the facts given in the works of Flavius Josephus:—see chart with this volume.
| Herod the Great was born in | B.C. | 71 |
| Made Governor of Galilee when 18 years old (not 15) and in the 9th year of Hyrcanus II. | ” | 54 |
| Made king by the Romans | ” | 40 |
| Married Mariamne; Captured Jerusalem | ” | 37 |
| Battle of Actium in 7th year of his reign | ” | 31 |
| Hyrcanus II. put to death; Herod recrowned by Caesar | ” | 30 |
| Mariamne put to death | ” | 29 |
| Herod afflicted with madness | ” | 28 |
| 1st year of famine | ” | 24 |
| 2nd year of famine | ” | 23 |
| Herod offered to rebuild Temple | ” | 21 |
| The priests began work | ” | 19 |
| Sanctuary dedicated | ” | 18 |
| Cloisters finished | ” | 11 |
| 1st of Caesar’s Games | ” | 9 |
| 2nd of Caesar’s Games | ” | 4 |
| Alexander and Aristobulus put to death | ” | 4 |
| Total eclipse of the Moon —— January 9th | ” | 1 |
| [See “Eclipses Past and Future,” by Johnson] | ||
| Death of Herod the Great —— February | ” | 1 |