Herod Philip is not a term that contemporaries would have recognized. Some modern writers use it to refer to refer to two children of Herod the Great:
- Herod II (or 'Herod Philip I'), by Herod's third marriage, husband of Herodias
- Philip the Tetrarch (or 'Herod Philip II'), by Herod's sixth marriage, husband of Salome
Famous quotes containing the words herod and/or philip:
“I forsak the, Kyng Herowdes, and thi werkes alle;
Ther is a chyld in Bedlem born is beter than we alle.’”
—Unknown. St. Stephen and King Herod (l. 6–8)
“Let my whispering voice obtain
Sweet reward for sharpest pain;”
—Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)