Philip

Philip (born 20 bce—died 34 ce) was the son of Herod I the Great and Cleopatra of Jerusalem (not to be confused with another Herod Philip, son of Herod I the Great by Mariamne II). He ruled ably as tetrarch over the former northeastern quarter of his father’s kingdom of Judaea. When the Roman emperor Augustus adjusted Herod’s will, Philip was assigned to the region east of the Sea of Galilee, in modern northern Israel,...