(10 BCE-44 CE)
King of Judea (41-4), son of Aristobulus and Berenice I and grandson of Herod the Great. Educated in Rome, he served as market overseer in Tiberius and later returned to Rome, where he became a friend of Caligula. After being imprisoned for treachery, he was freed by Caligula, who appointed him King of Judea. He was sympathetic to the Pharisees and observant of Jewish law.
Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.