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| − | '''Agrippa II''' (b. AD 27/28), son of [[Agrippa I]], and like him originally named '''Marcus Julius Agrippa''', was the seventh and last king of the family of [[Herod the Great]], thus last of the [[Herodians]]. He was the brother of [[Berenice of Cilicia|Berenice]] and [[Drusilla (daughter of Agrippa I)|Drusilla]] (second wife of the Roman procurator [[Antonius Felix]]). He is sometimes also called '''Herod Agrippa II'''.<ref name="DGRBM">{{Citation | last = Mason | first = Charles Peter | author-link = | contribution = Agrippa, Herodes II | editor-last = Smith | editor-first = William | title = [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]] | volume = 1 | pages = 78 | publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]] | place = Boston | year = 1867 | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0087.html }}</ref>
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| − | Agrippa was educated at the court of the emperor [[Claudius]], and at the time of his father's death was only seventeen years old. Claudius therefore kept him at Rome, and sent [[Cuspius Fadus]] as [[procurator]] of the kingdom, which thus again became a Roman province. While at Rome, he voiced his support for the Jews to Claudius, and against the [[Samaritan]]s and the procurator of [[Iudaea Province]], [[Ventidius Cumanus]], who was lately thought to have been the cause of some disturbances there.<ref>Rajak, Tessa. "Iulius Agrippa (2) II, Marcus," from Hornblower, Simon, ed. [[Oxford Classical Dictionary]], [[Oxford University Press]] 1996.</ref> On the death of [[Herod of Chalcis]] (in 48), his small principality, with the right of superintending the [[Temple in Jerusalem|Temple]] and appointing the high priest, was given to Agrippa. In 53, he was deprived of that kingdom by Claudius, who made him governor over the tetrarchy of [[Herod Philip I|Philip]] and [[Lysanias]].<ref>[[Acts of the Apostles]] 25:13; 26:2, 7.</ref> Agrippa celebrated by marrying off his two sisters [[Mariamne (daughter of Herod Agrippa I)|Mariamne]] and [[Drusilla (daughter of Agrippa I)|Drusilla]].
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| − | In 55, Nero added the cities of [[Tiberias]] and [[Taricheae]] in [[Galilee]], and [[Julias]], with fourteen villages near it, in [[Peraea]]. Agrippa expended large sums in beautifying [[Jerusalem]] and other cities, especially [[Berytus]]. His partiality for the latter rendered him unpopular amongst his own subjects, and the capricious manner in which he appointed and deposed the high priests made him an object of dislike to the Jews. Agrippa attempted in vain to dissuade his subjects from rebelling, and to tolerate the behavior of the Roman [[procurator]] [[Gessius Florus]], but in 66 the Jews expelled him and [[Berenice of Cilicia|Berenice]] from the city. During the [[First Jewish-Roman War]] of 66–73, he sent 2,000 men, archers and cavalry, to support [[Vespasian]], by which it appears that, although a Jew in religion, he was yet entirely devoted to the [[Roman Empire|Romans]]. He accompanied [[Titus]] on some campaigns, and was wounded at the siege of [[Gamala]]. After the capture of Jerusalem, he went with his sister Berenice to Rome, where he was invested with the dignity of [[praetor]] and rewarded with additional territory.
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| − | According to [[Photios I of Constantinople|Photius]], Agrippa died, childless, at the age of seventy, in the third year of the reign of [[Trajan]], that is, 100,<ref>[[Photios I of Constantinople|Photius]] cod. 33.</ref> but statements of [[Josephus]] in addition to the contemporary [[epigraphy]] from his kingdom cast this date into serious doubt. The modern scholarly consensus holds that he died before 93/94. He was the last prince of the house of the Herods.
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| − | It was before him and his sister [[Berenice of Cilicia|Berenice]] that, according to the [[New Testament]], [[Paul the Apostle]] pleaded his cause at [[Caesarea Maritima]], in 59.<ref>[[Acts of the Apostles]] 26.</ref>
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| − | He lived on terms of intimacy with the historian Josephus, having supplied him with information for his history, ''[[Antiquities of the Jews]]''. Josephus preserved two of the letters he received from him.<ref>[[Josephus]], ''[[Antiquities of the Jews|Antiquitates Judaicae]]'' xvii. 5. § 4, xix. 9. §2, xx. 1. § 3,5. §2, 7. §1,8. §4&11,9. § 4.</ref><ref>[[Josephus]], ''[[The Wars of the Jews]]'' ii. 11. § 6, 12. § 1,16, 17. § 1, iv. 1. § 3.</ref><ref>''Vit.'' s. 54.</ref>
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| − | * [[Yohanan Aharoni|Aharoni, Yohanan]] & [[Michael Avi-Yonah]], ''The MacMillan Bible Atlas'', Revised Edition, p. 156 (1968 & 1977 by Carta Ltd.).
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | * [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=913&letter=A&search=Agrippa%20II Jewish Encyclopedia: Agrippa II]
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| − | * [http://virtualreligion.net/iho/agrippa_2.html Agrippa II] - Article in historical sourcebook by Mahlon H. Smith
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| − | * [http://www.livius.org/he-hg/herodians/julius_m_agrippa_ii.html Livius.org: Julius Marcus Agrippa]
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