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Kingdom of Herod Map (30 BCE to 70 CE) |
 | | King Herod, of Edomite extraction, was king of Israel from 40 BCE to 4 BCE. |
 | | When Augustus became the Roman Caesar in the year 30 BCE, Herod convinced him of his loyalty, and Augustus rewarded him by adding Jericho, the coastal region south of Dor and the region east of the Sea of Galilee. |
 | | In 23 BCE, he was given the Bashan, Horen, and Tarchon regions, and three years later, the Golan Heights. |
| www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/History/herodmap.html (106 words) |
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