Herod the great had many children, Aristobulus, Alexander, Antipater, Antipas, Philippus and Archelaus. Of which A∣ristobulus and Alexander were his children by his beloued wife Mariamne: which Mariamne he put to death, causing his chil∣dren Alexander and Aristobulus to be strangled in Samaria.
Archelaus, Herodes called Antipas, Antipater, and Philip yet liued, amongst whom the kingdome was diuided. Herodes the Great designed his sonne Archelaus to be king, by his last will and testament:* 1.1 but the Emperour Augustus would not confirme Herodes will, and so hee was not king at the first. yet Augustus was content that he should be Tetrarke, and vp¦on hope of his good regiment, to be king afterward.
This Archelaus (saith Rhegino) did reigne in Iudea, when our Sauiour was brought out of Egypt: for feare of which king, he returned into Nazareth a towne in Galile,* 1.2 where hee abode till his baptisme. This was done in the seuenth yere of Christ, and in the 15. yeere of his birth. Archelaus being accu∣sed of treason before Augustus, was banished out of Iewrie, & the kingdome was diuided among his 4. brethren, Herod, An∣tipater, Lysanias, and Philip. Yet this Antipater (after Ca∣rion) was slaine long before.