Tetrarch living at the time of the New Testament

Herod Agrippa I

King of Philip's former tetrarchy, AD 37–41Reigned 4 years

King of Galilee and Perea, AD 40–41Reigned 1 year

King of Judea, AD 41–44Reigned 3 years

Grandson of Herod the Great. His friend Caligula freed him from prison and gave him Philip's tetrarchy with the title of king in AD 37, then Galilee and Perea when Herod Antipas was banished. In AD 41 Claudius added Judea and Samaria, restoring his grandfather's whole kingdom.

Caligula gave Agrippa the tetrarchy of his uncle Herod Antipas, whom he banished to Gaul in AD 39. Ussher dates the grant to AD 40.

King over all his grandfather's realm from AD 41. To please the Jews he killed James the brother of John and imprisoned Peter (Acts 12:1–4). He died suddenly at Caesarea in AD 44 after accepting the crowd's praise as a god (Acts 12:21–23; Josephus tells the same story).

Family

Children: Herod Agrippa II

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