Herodias: (Matthew 14:3-11; Mark 6:17-28; Luke 3:19) the daughter of Aristobulus and
Bernice. While residing at Rome with her husband Herod Philip I. and
her daughter, Herod Antipas fell in with her during one of his
journeys to that city. She consented to leave her husband and become
his wife. Some time after, Herod met John the Baptist, who boldly
declared the marriage to be unlawful. For this he was "cast into
prison," in the castle probably of Machaerus (q.v.), and was there
subsequently beheaded.
