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Archelaus
ruler
People
also: Archelaus
A ruler named in Matthew as reigning over Judea in place of Herod.
Archelaus is the ruler named in Matthew 2:22, where the passage says he was reigning over Judea in place of Herod. The same verse calls Herod his father and says that someone who heard this was afraid to go there. After a warning in a dream, that person withdrew to the district of Galilee. No further narrative about Archelaus is supplied in this record.
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Matthew 2:22
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